The Ins and Outs of “Incident-To” Reimbursement

Alice G. Gosfield

If you work with nonphysician providers, you can’t afford to ignore these rules.

What the HIPAA Transactions and Code Set Standards Will Mean for Your Practice

David C. Kibbe

If there’s a silver lining to the HIPAA regulations, it’s here. These standards can save your practice time and money.

Nine Steps to a Strategic Marketing Plan

Rebecca Anwar, Judy Capko

Here’s how to make sure both you and your patients know what makes your practice special.

Doing the Right Things: Eliminating Errors From Practice

Robert L. Edsall

Fortunately for family physicians, hospitals seem to have a monopoly on errors. At least that’s the impression one would glean from the literature on errors in medicine. One reason so little energy is spent on studying errors in ambulatory care is that errors in that realm...

Family doctor’s role in pain management

A new direction

H. Jeffrey Wilkins

An alternative financing model

James Schwartz

PAs offer help, not hindrance

Ross H. Fichthorn

Raise reimbursement, raise student interest

J. Goodwin

Practice what they teach?

Steven Koerth

Correction

Four Medicare Myths Exposed

Kent J. Moore

These misconceptions could complicate your life and cost you money.

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Kent J. Moore

Medical decision making requirements | Signing off on incident-to services | Immunization codes | Coding an outpatient hospice visit | Physician venipuncture | Awaiting nursing home placement

MONITOR

FPs call for change after families experience suboptimal care | Clinical guidelines need updating | PRACTICE PEARLS from here and there | PRACTICE PEARLS from here and there | Demand for FPs steady | Don’t mess with Texas | Credentialing made easier | Lamictal 25 mg or...

A Tool for Safely Treating Chronic Pain

Peter G. Teichman

A signed agreement can do a lot to prevent medication misuse while helping those sidelined by chronic pain.

PRACTICE DIARY

Sanford J. Brown

Stress reaction | Networking | Doctor cars

ASK FPM

F. Michael Arnow, Keith Borglum, Kent J. Moore

Write-offs for FPs | Appropriate staffing | Closed to new Medicaid patients

Keeping a Survival Journal

Virginia K. Mohl, Lucille Marchand

Journal writing is the creative nourishment these physicians need to sustain themselves through endless busy days.