Nov-Dec 2007

Features

Payer Trend: 'Tiering' Physicians and 'Steering' Patients

Trevor Stone; Drew Sullivan

Panel Size: Answers to Physicians' Frequently Asked Questions

Mark Murray; Mike Davies; Barbara Boushon

The Makings of a Good Meeting

Milisa K. Rizer; Doug Knutson

Optimizing Referrals & Consults With a Standardized Process

Mara Reichman

Departments

From the Editor

Becoming a Superpractice
Robert L. Edsall

Opinion

Baumol's Disease
Bobby J. Newbell

Letters

• Contemplating Complementary Medicine?

Practice Pearls

• Walk the Walk • Make a Good First Impression • Increase the Time You Have for Patients • Retrieving Medical Records

Coding & Documentation

• Same Code for Same Procedure • Initial Hospital Care and 99221 • Prothrombin Time Testing With 99211 • Trigger Point Injections • Removing Multiple Lesions • 90805 Includes E/M Services • Using Test Results as a Diagnosis • NPs and Care Plan Oversight

News & Trends

• State Task Force Studying Doctor Pay • Inflation Outpaces Physicians' Pay Increases • Industry and Teaching Physicians • Study Adds Up Cost of Annual Physicals

The Last Word

Aiding the Wounded Among Us
Mitchell L. Cohen

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