• FEATURES

    Electronic Medical Records: 10 Questions I Didn’t Know to Ask

    Jaymi S. Meyers

    Buying an EMR system? No matter how great it seems to be, get good answers to these questions before you buy.

    Tips to Help Take the Hassle Out of Inpatient Utilization Review

    David Schechter

    The secrets are to think like a reviewer, hone your documentation skills and be a good communicator, says this FP who’s seen both sides of UR.

    Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A Primer

    Terrence E. Steyer

    You may be surprised by the number of your patients using CAM therapy. This primer provides the background and tips you’ll need to have a productive conversation about it.

    What You Need to Know About HIPAA Now

    David C. Kibbe

    Now that the final privacy rules have been published, your practice can’t afford to ignore this legislation.

    EDITOR’S PAGE

    Finally, a Medical Miracle

    Robert L. Edsall

    Reading the newspaper this morning, I was struck – maybe “hit in the face” is better – by a full-page ad for electron beam tomography (EBT). The headline said, “This may be the most important ad you’ll ever read,” and the main message was that “your doctor will confirm” that...

    LETTERS

    Universal coverage concerns

    J.M. Grubbs

    No-win coding

    Alan Levin

    Rx advertisements

    John F. Smyth

    Is this quality?

    Off the mark

    Pat Coates

    Corrections

    Cartoon

    GETTING PAID

    How to Stop Hemorrhaging Red Ink

    Kent J. Moore

    These nine tips will help you restore your practice’s financial health.

    CODING & DOCUMENTATION

    CODING & DOCUMENTATION

    Kent J. Moore

    Initial observation care + initial hospital care | Calculating prolonged services | Preventive medicine codes | Sebaceous cyst excision

    MONITOR

    MONITOR

    Docs sue six health plans | National outcomes database in the works | PRACTICE PEARLS from here and there | PRACTICE PEARLS from here and there | PRACTICE PEARLS from here and there | Average salary offerings | Group visits | Oh, Canada | I just work here | Illness prediction...

    IMPROVING PATIENT CARE

    Focus on the Family, Part I: What Is Your Family Focus Style?

    Robin S. Gotler, Jack H. Medalie, Stephen J. Zyzanski, George E. Kikano, Louise S. Acheson, Kurt C. Stange

    For some physicians, the family focus goes deeper than simply taking a health history.

    PRACTICE DIARY

    PRACTICE DIARY

    Sanford J. Brown

    Out of the barn | Medical advice | Legalese

    COMPUTERS

    Getting More From a Voice Recognition System

    Melvin J. Knight

    Using key words increases the accuracy of voice transcription technology and makes charting more cost-effective.

    ASK FPM

    ASK FPM

    Gail Levy, Daniel R. McCune, Julie Henry, Sofia R. Plotzker

    FTEs per physician | Disposing of patient records | Medical equipment for sale | Releasing workers’ comp records

    BALANCING ACT

    Healing Bodies and Souls

    John Spicer

    Working as a medical missionary gives Tim Myrick, MD, time to care for the sick and spread the Gospel.



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