Jan 2007
Features
Level-II vs. Level-III Visits: Cracking the Codes
CPT 2007: New Codes, New Rules and New Opportunities
What Do We Really Know About Patient Satisfaction?
Grade Your Payers: The Final Call for Survey Responses
Departments
From the Editor
Where We're Coming From
Robert L. Edsall
Coding & Documentation
• Hospital Admission and Discharge • Assessing Older Drivers • Tdap Injections
News & Trends
• CMS Bumps Pay for Point-of-Care A1C Tests • Congress Halts Medicare at Last Hour, Establishes Bonus for Data Reporting • Rising Overhead Hurts FP Profits • Retail Clinics Continue to Make News
Practice Pearls
• 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
Letters
• Pharmacists as Nonphysician Practitioners
The Last Word
Auld Lang Syne: Practice Management Resolutions for the New Year
Mitchell L. Cohen
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