Jun 2007

Features

Breaking Even on Four Visits Per Day

Brian R. Forrest

Huddles: Improve Office Efficiency in Mere Minutes

Elizabeth E. Stewart; Barbara C. Johnson

How to Manage Difficult Patient Encounters

Sharon K. Hull; Karen Broquet

Measuring for Medicare: The Physician Quality Reporting Initiative

Bruce A. Bagley

A Report Card for 32 Payers: Not Making the Grade

Brandi White

Departments

From the Editor

'Grade Your Payers': Solo Docs Speak Up
Robert L. Edsall

Opinion

Do We Need Primary Care?
Douglas Iliff

Letters

• Optimizing Vaccine Administration

• Maximizing Workflow With an EHR

• Saving the Best for Last

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

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

The Last Word

Balancing a Personal Life With OB Care
Sarina B. Schrager

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