Mar 2008
Features
Discussing End-of-Life Care With Your Patients
Stark III: Refinement Not Revolution (Part 1)
Beyond EHRs: How Technology Can Help You Treat Chronic Illness
Have You Really Addressed Your Patient's Concerns?
Departments
From the Editor
Changes Coming to FPM Online
Robert L. Edsall
Opinion
e-Nirvana: Are We There Yet?
Christine A. Sinsky
Letters
Practice Pearls
• Encourage Patient Payments at Time of Visit • Use Online Tools to Identify Drug Seekers • Simplify Refill Requests • Charging Medicare for a Missed Appointment
Coding & Documentation
• Coding a Brief Service for Urinalysis • Preoperative Testing • Teaching Patients to Administer Injections • Chronic Venous Stasis Ulcers
News & Trends
• United Healthcare to Pay Same-Day E/M Claims Retroactive to Aug. 27 • Californians Can Complain Online About Insurers • One Key NPI Deadline Passes, Another Approaches
The Last Word
Looking Out for Others
William E. Cayley, Jr.
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