Feb 2007
Features
What's New in Medicare Preventive Benefits
Six Tips for Improving Practice Efficiency and Patient Satisfaction
How to Successfully Navigate Your EHR Implementation
Simple Strategies to Avoid Medication Errors
Departments
From the Editor
Can Family Medicine Still Catalyze Social Change?
Robert L. Edsall
Opinion
Specialization in Family Medicine Education: Abandoning Our Generalist Roots
James L. Glazer
Coding & Documentation
• Documenting Modifier -25 Services • Coding for Venipuncture • Medication Refills • Coding for Services in a Residency Program • Hospital Discharge • Documentation Shortcuts • Coding for Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride • Multiple Nebulizer Treatments
News & Trends
• Quality-Based Compensation May Have Limited Use, Suggests Study • Health Care Spending Still Growing But Slowing • Insurer Suspends Its Physician Rating System • Free E-Prescribing Program Offered Online • Report Examines 'Better-Performing' Groups • Aetna Sets Up Personal Health Records for Members
Practice Pearls
• Share Freebies With Employees • Manage Your Perfectionism • Offer Criticism With Care • Consider Clinical Trials • Be Aware of Your Impact
Letters
The Last Word
The Dreaded Request for Medical Records
Sanford J. Brown
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