Jul-Aug 2008

Features

Eight Steps to a Chart Audit for Quality

Barbara H. Gregory; Cheryl Van Horn; Victoria S. Kaprielian

Working With Insurers: A View From the Dark Side

Charles L. Buttz

How We Improved Our Practice and Our Bottom Line With a New EMR System

Bradley M. Block

Your Practice on Hold: Preparing for a Leave of Absence

Ann Evensen

A New Approach to Making Your Doctor-Nurse Team More Productive

Peter Anderson; Marc D. Halley

Departments

From the Editor

Decline and Fall
Robert L. Edsall

Opinion

A Whole New Format for FPM
Michael D. Springer

Paging Dr. Colombo: When Physicians Become Instruments of the Law
James L. Glazer

Coding & Documentation

• Modifier 25 With E/M and Injection Codes? • Preoperative Physicals • House Calls and Private Payers

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

Letters

• Playing by the E/M Rules

• Learning About the RUC

• Another Approach to Clinical Decision Making

• Closing the Divide

The Last Word

The Paper Chase
Bobby J. Newbell

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