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Is Universal Coverage the American Way?

Martha C. Collins

Seven physician organizations think so, and they're joining forces to place universal coverage on the national agenda this election year.

Coding Level-One Office Visits: A Refresher Course

James M. Giovino

If you're forgetting to bill 99211 for nursing visits, or using 99201 when you should be using 99202, this quick coding lesson may improve your practice's bottom line.

Finding Success in a Capitated Environment

Amy Handelman Bennett

Success for this group means taking all the risk they can get, targeting chronic diseases and rewarding physicians for quality.

EDITOR'S PAGE

When What's Supposed to Happen Doesn't

Robert L. Edsall

You've probably seen the little hand-crafted signs that hang near many of America's fireplaces. On one side, they read, “The flue is open,” and on the other they read, “The flue is closed.” And you're just as likely to have seen their kitchen cousins, the magnetized...

LETTERS

Financial viability

SOOOAAP

Ramon Parrish

GETTING PAID CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Coding and Documentation

Kent J. Moore

Visit + procedure | 99211 | ICD-9 for multiple myeloma | “New problem” | Lab specimen transportation

MONITOR

Monitor

Supreme Court: HMO financial incentives OK, Congress must act | Downcoding | Meanwhile … | Switching doctors | Physician report cards | High prescription costs | Columbia no more | Unhealthy Americans | Family physician income, workload | GOP cancels vote to give physicians...

IMPROVING PATIENT CARE

High-Volume Practice: Are There Trade-Offs?

George E. Kikano, Stephen J. Zyzanski, Robin S. Gotler, Kurt C. Stange

The pressure is on to increase productivity — but at what cost?

PRACTICE DIARY

Practice Diary

Sanford J. Brown

Drivers' physicals | Health insurance | Picking up | Pre-medical advising

ASK FPM

Ask FPM

Vasilios J. Kalogredis, F. Michael Arnow, John Paul Pironti, Kent J. Moore

Vicarious liability insurance | Practice valuation | Supervising physicals | Medicare conversion factors

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Words of Wisdom for Patients and Physicians

Virginia K. Mohl

Recommending a good book can provide manna for your patients and enrich your communications with them.



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