Articles
Eight Steps to a Chart Audit for Quality
A simple chart review can help your group answer the question on everyone's mind: “How are we doing?”
Working With Insurers: A View From the Dark Side
An insider explains what you can do to ensure that the services you provide are actually covered by your patients' insurance.
How We Improved Our Practice and Our Bottom Line With a New EMR System
This four-physician practice has good reason to be enthusiastic about new technology.
Your Practice on Hold: Planning for a Leave of Absence
Developing a leave plan can help your partners and your patients feel more comfortable with your time away
A New Approach to Making Your Doctor-Nurse Team More Productive
With proper training and delegation, your team can see more patients, deliver better care and feel more satisfied at work.
From the Editor
Message From the AAFP
A Whole New Format for FPM
Starting in November, you'll be able to thumb through the newest issue of FPM – on the computer
Opinion
Paging Dr. Colombo: When Physicians Become Instruments of the Law
What do you do when the law and your Hippocratic Oath come into conflict?
Letters
Coding & Documentation
Coding & Documentation
Modifier 25 with E/M and injection codes? | Preoperative physicals | House calls and private payers
Practice Pearls
Practice Pearls
Promote your office with an electronic marquee | Advocating for Medicare payment reform | Use a virtual reminder system to prompt follow-up care | Manage ingrown toenails to prevent surgery | Introduce care team members by name
The Last Word
The Paper Chase
Technology was supposed to eliminate paper in our offices, so what happened?