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An EHR User-Satisfaction Survey: Advice From 408 Family Physicians

Robert L. Edsall, Kenneth G. Adler

Contemplating the purchase of an EHR? Results of our informal survey may help.

Get Better Results With Staff Performance Standards

Judy Capko

By involving all of your employees, you can set more realistic job expectations and make your practice better.

Don’t Get Burned Coding Common Skin Procedures

Keith Millette

This encounter form can help you to prevent minor operations from becoming major billing headaches.

A Must-Do List for the Departing Physician

James D. Wall

From tail coverage to giving notice, here’s how to prepare yourself, your partners and your patients for your departure.

Reliability Science: Reducing the Error Rate in Your Practice

Stephen Elgert

These seven principles can help ensure that your patients receive the right care at the right time every time.

FROM THE EDITOR

Get the Most Out of FPM by Putting Our Tools to Work

Robert Edsall

Teach a man to fish, and he’ll starve … until he can get his hands on a fish hook and line.

LETTERS

High earning in the practice of family medicine

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CODING & DOCUMENTATION

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Cindy Hughes

99000 for transferring labs | Change of status | Counseling and vaccinations for travelers | Laser treatment of rosacea

NEWS TRENDS

NEWS & TRENDS

Aetna goes public with physicians’ payment rates | P4P programs should offer true bonuses, says panel | Are you giving patients more care than they want? | Committee addresses hassles of verifying patients’ insurance | Small practices may profit from EHRs, says study |...

PRACTICE PEARLS

PRACTICE PEARLS

Give your waiting area a makeover | Discounts for self-pay patients | Eight tips for physician buy-in | Make conflict productive | Secrets to effective physician-administrator partnerships | Liability and administrative surcharges | Stay on top of third-party payers

THE LAST WORD

Coding Nonsense, NOS

Bobby J. Newbell

The absurdity of diagnostic coding can be a source of frustration – and amusement.



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