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JUNE 2007

Articles

Breaking Even on Four Visits Per Day

Brian R. Forrest

Spurning health plan contracts enabled this practice to dramatically reduce overhead and fees while improving access for the uninsured.

Huddles: Improve Office Efficiency in Mere Minutes

Elizabeth E. Stewart, Barbara C. Johnson

Daily gatherings of your care team can help you meet daily challenges.

How to Manage Difficult Patient Encounters

Sharon K. Hull, Karen Broquet

These strategies will help you turn problematic encounters into productive ones.

Measuring for Medicare: The Physician Quality Reporting Initiative

Bruce Bagley

The new initiative from CMS can add a little to your bottom line and prepare your office for future reporting programs.

A Report Card for 32 Payers: Not Making the Grade

Brandi White

In this survey of physicians' experiences, payers fall short.

From the Editor

‘Grade Your Payers’: Solo Docs Speak Up

Robert L. Edsall

If you're not feeling their pain, is it just because you're anesthetized?

Opinion

Do We Need Primary Care?

Douglas Iliff

Here are six reasons to answer in the affirmative and to believe that the status quo is ripe for revolution.

Letters

Coding & Documentation

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Cindy Hughes

Preventive and problem-oriented services at the same visit | Pulmonary function testing | House calls for Medicare patients

Practice Pearls

PRACTICE PEARLS

Mona Ellis, Jay H. Lee, Cheryl Iverson, Alice G. Gosfield, Alice G. Gosfield, Hien Nguyen

Stay on top of documentation | Welcome your patients back to your practice | Use a template to improve your documentation | How to handle overpayments from insurers | Show appreciation for other departments

The Last Word

Balancing a Personal Life With OB Care

Sarina Schrager

Family physicians can deliver babies and have a life, but not without setting some guidelines.

Resources

CME Quiz (AAFP members and print subscribers only)

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