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Coping With the Stress of Being Sued

Chantal M.L.R. Brazeau

Malpractice accusations can be emotionally devastating. Here's how to withstand the pressure.

EDITOR'S PAGE

Tech Shock and the Virtues of Incrementalism

Robert L. Edsall

You have heard it from any number of sources now, including the Institute of Medicine: Information technology is vital to the future of health care.1 And chances are very good that, some day in the bright, not-too-distant future, you will be part of a computer network...

LETTERS

Coding group visits

GETTING PAID

An Update on Certifying Home Health Care

Kent J. Moore

Here's how to get paid for certifying and recertifying home health care for your Medicare patients.

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Kent J. Moore

E/M code + procedure code? | “Incident to” billing | Normal newborn care | Lab results review, revisited

MONITOR

MONITOR

Family practice match numbers drop again | HIPAA privacy rules take effect | PRACTICE PEARLS from here and there | PRACTICE PEARLS from here and there | PRACTICE PEARLS from here and there | Back to the basics | Great expectations | Nature and well-being | Health care...

IMPROVING PATIENT CARE

Putting Clinical Guidelines Into Practice

Brian Schulte, Erin L. O'Hea, Patricia Darling

Do you and your colleagues provide care consistent with evidence-based clinical guidelines? Perhaps you just need a reminder.

PRACTICE DIARY

PRACTICE DIARY

Sanford J. Brown

Anthony | On-the-job training | Self-care

COMPUTERS ASK FPM

ASK FPM

Jamie L. Claypool, Pamela S. Hawks, Julie Henry, Kent Moore

Charging for forms | Patient appointment software | Practice start-up resources | RVUs and compensation

BALANCING ACT

Spirituality and Your Practice

William Zeckhausen

A renewed openness to spirituality is occurring in medicine. It can provide sustenance, both to you and to your patients.



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