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FEATURES

Calculating Your Costs Per Visit

Jeff Kullgren, Maria D. Sibella

Do you know what it costs your practice to provide an adult physical, a well-child exam or an office procedure? A “unit cost analysis” will tell you that and more.

Making Sense of Preventive Medicine Coding

Emily Hill

Find out how to properly code and bill for the preventive services you provide.

EDITOR’S PAGE

Respecifying the Specialty

Robert L. Edsall

Are you ready for the rebirth of family medicine?

LETTERS GETTING PAID

Why Every Practice Needs a Payment Policy

Maria V. Ciletti

Putting your expectations in writing helps encourage patients to pay at the time of service.

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Kent J. Moore

Coding translator time | Blood-pressure checks | Tracheostomy tube | Patient representative | Cerumen removal | Office spirometry | ICD-9 “omit code”

MONITOR

MONITOR

Aetna, CIGNA settlements promise improved claims processing, better relations with physicians | PRACTICE PEARLS from here and there | Longer waits for non-HIPAA-compliant claims | Physicians take steps to boost incomes | DoctorsKnow.us no longer

FEATURE

Recommendations for the Future of Family Medicine

Jennifer Bush

Where do you begin the enormous task of retooling family medicine and reforming health care? Family medicine’s leaders offer a road map.

IMPROVING PATIENT CARE

Using a Tracking Book for Unresolved Issues

Peter Schludermann

This simple strategy will help you and your staff reduce errors and provide better follow-up care.

PRACTICE DIARY

PRACTICE DIARY

Sanford J. Brown

I was just finishing up with a patient, a retired social worker named Paul, when I noticed he was looking at the plaques on my wall. “Your certificates say you’re a family physician,” he said. “What’s the difference between that and a general practitioner?”

ASK FPM

ASK FPM

JeffreyB. Miller, J.Phillip Macon, J.P. Macon, null Company, Mark Smith, F.Michael Arnow, null CPA, null CFP

Charging for missed appointments | Financial arrangements for new physicians | Compensation formulas | Malpractice insurance policies

COMPUTERS BALANCING ACT

Teaching Kindness

James R. Dykes

This family physician learned from personal experience that kindness is at the core of healing.



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