September/October 2011

Features

What Family Physicians Need to Know About ACOs

Julian D. Bobbitt

One Last Annual ICD-9 Update

Cindy Hughes

Remove Roadblocks and Improve Access to Preventive Care

Elizabeth Woodcock; Eric Whicker; Leann Hostetler; Devon Nichols

E/M Coding and the Documentation Guidelines: Putting It All Together

Emily Hill

Departments

From the Editor

The RUC Under Fire
Robert L. Edsall

Opinion

The EHR Incentive Program: Consider Waiting for Next Year
David C. Kibbe

Letters

• FPM and Payment Reform

• Finding the Right Balance of 99214s

• Improving Clinical Care With FPM

Practice Pearls

• Streamline Processes When Using an EHR

Coding & Documentation

• Joint Injection + E/M Service? • Annual Wellness Visits and Part D Vaccines • Newborn Heel Stick

The Last Word

A Life Checkup
Don Kalman

About the CME Quiz

AAFP members and FPM subscribers can take the CME quiz online at http://www.aafp.org/fpmquiz.

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