JANUARY 2007

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Articles
From the Editor
Letters
News & Trends
Practice Pearls
The Last Word

Articles

CPT: Office/Outpatient Codes CPT: Hospital Inpatient and Observation Codes CPT: Medicine Codes CPT: Modifiers CPT: Preventive Medicine Codes Coding: Procedure Time-based Coding Medicare

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Cindy Hughes

Hospital admission and discharge | Assessing older drivers | Tdap injections

CPT: Office/Outpatient Codes

Level-II vs. Level-III Visits: Cracking the Codes

Thomas A. Waller

Once you learn the rules, choosing the right code is easier than you think.

ToolCPT: Office/Outpatient Codes

CPT 2007: New Codes, New Rules and New Opportunities

Cindy Hughes

Your superbill should reflect revised codes related to anticoagulation management, lesion destruction and more on Jan. 1.

Performance Measurement Patient Satisfaction

What Do We Really Know About Patient Satisfaction?

C. Carolyn Thiedke

A review of the literature reveals practical ways to improve patient satisfaction and compelling reasons to do so.

ToolHealth Plan Contracts Health Plans

Grade Your Payers: The Final Call for Survey Responses

Take our survey online or on paper by March 1 to grade your health plans on their payment rates, claims processing, contracts and more.

From the Editor

Where We're Coming From

Edsall Robert

FPM's aim is to help you succeed now and in the long term.

Letters

Pharmaceutical Industry Equipment and supplies Patient Care Drug Therapy

Saving the sample closet

James A. Taylor

letter

Pharmaceutical Industry Competition Drug Therapy

Flu vaccine distribution

M. Birch, David R. Birch

Medicare Part D CPT: Consultation Codes Reimbursement Collaborative Practice

Pharmacists as nonphysician practitioners

Gary Noronha, Jeanna Miller, Jeffrey M. Brewer

letter

News & Trends

CPT: Preventive Medicine Codes Family Medicine Specialty Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)Medicare Medicare Fee Schedule Overhead Reimbursement Competition Service Quality

NEWS & TRENDS

CMS bumps pay for point-of-care A1C tests | Congress halts Medicare cuts at last hour, establishes bonus for data reporting | Rising overhead hurts FP profits | Retail clinics continue to make news

Practice Pearls

Medicare Patient Adherence Doctor-Patient Relationships Facility design and construction Staff Management Safety

PRACTICE PEARLS

Cindy Hughes, Hien Nguyen, Basil Rodansky, Jean Antonucci, John Machata, Ted J. Triana

Enrolling in Medicare | Escort your geriatric patients to the exam room | Keep your staff safe | Use metaphors to increase patient compliance | Get to know your staff with games at staff meetings | Display family pictures in your exam rooms

The Last Word

Practice Management

AULD LANG SYNE: Practice Management Resolutions for the New Year

Mitchell L. Cohen

It's time to set some practical goals that will improve your life as a family physician

Resources

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