Sep 2007

Features

ICD-9 Changes: New Codes of Note

Cindy Hughes

The Ideal Medical Practice Model: Improving Efficiency, Quality, and the Doctor-Patient Relationship

Gordon Moore; John Wasson

Seven Strategies for Creating a More Efficient Practice

Lynn T. Ho

Quick Ways to Maximize Your Office Space

David V. Garrett

The Medical Home: An Idea Whose Time Has Come ... Again

Leigh Ann Backer

Departments

From the Editor

Is Family Medicine Ready for the Home?
Robert L. Edsall

Coding & Documentation

• Reporting a Vaccine-Only Visit • Group Visits and Medicare • Applying Dressing to a Burn • Shared Visits as Consultations? • Polyp Removal During a Colonoscopy

News & Trends

• Supply of Free Antibiotics Grows • Officials Challenge Insurers' Ratings of Doctors • Medical Groups' Profits Surge in West

Practice Pearls

• Encourage Employees to Increase Flu Shot Numbers • Start a Farmer's Market at Your Office • Prepare for Patient Visits With a "Cheat Sheet" • Use Birthdays for Preventive Services Reminders • Store High-Risk Medication Samples in Red Boxes • Help Your Patients Organize Multiple Medications

Letters

• Enjoying the Commute

• OB Care in Family Medicine

• A Revolution in the Making

• Clarification

The Last Word

Rewarding Failure
Jennifer E. Frank

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