Jun 2007
Features
Breaking Even on Four Visits Per Day
Huddles: Improve Office Efficiency in Mere Minutes
How to Manage Difficult Patient Encounters
Measuring for Medicare: The Physician Quality Reporting Initiative
A Report Card for 32 Payers: Not Making the Grade
Departments
From the Editor
'Grade Your Payers': Solo Docs Speak Up
Robert L. Edsall
Opinion
Do We Need Primary Care?
Douglas Iliff
Coding & Documentation
• Preventive and Problem-Oriented Services at the Same Visit • Pulmonary Function Testing • House Calls for Medicare Patients
News & Trends
• Payments on Medical Malpractice Claims Approach $4 Billion • Senate Committee Investigates Insurers' Hard-Sell Tactics Targeting Seniors
Practice Pearls
• 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
Letters
• Optimizing Vaccine Administration
• Maximizing Workflow With an EHR
The Last Word
Balancing a Personal Life With OB Care
Sarina B. Schrager
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