JANUARY 2008

This year's new codes cover evaluations done over the phone or online.

Your patients will be better off if you take a more active approach and consistently advocate for prevention.

With the right features and proper security, your network can improve your practice's efficiency and make your job easier.

When customers drive the system, it changes everything – for the better.

The Academy's new symbol gives it a lot to live up to.

Its payment system undervalues primary care, and its regulations include jail time for physicians' mistakes. What's not to love?

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Congress delays potential cuts in Medicare pay for six months | ACP backs single-payer system | Study examines doctors' professionalism | United Healthcare paying attention to image

Find formulary information quickly online | Remember the power of “we” | Let the EOB substitute for a bill | Create a partnership between billing and front-desk employees | Ease children's fear of exams

Diagnosis codes for PPD test | Comparing E/M code usage | Denials for injury codes | Requirements for 99374 | Coding for cosmetic procedures | Medicaid and G codes | Instructions for inhaler use

Progress is never free, and it isn't all it's cracked up to be.