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Preparing for a Medicare Fee Cut

Kent J. Moore

Doctors have several options to cope with the impending July 1 payment reduction.

Is Your Practice Merger Doomed to Fail?

Peter Valenzuela

Before you partner with another practice, make sure you've addressed these four questions.

The Art and Science of Clinical Decision Making

Donald (Raj) R. Woolever

Thinking about how you make clinical decisions is the first step toward making better ones.

FROM THE EDITOR OPINION LETTERS

e-Nirvana: We're not there yet

NEWS TRENDS

NEWS & TRENDS

Physician wins suit, bills PBM for time spent on paperwork | Former senators tackle health system reform | Characteristics of high-performing groups | Congress considers more funds for residency programs

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Cindy Hughes

Stress tests | Reviewing old records | Skin tag removal | Sports physicals | Diagnosis coding for anticoagulation therapy | ICD-9 coding for palliative care

PRACTICE PEARLS

PRACTICE PEARLS

Julian T. Hsu, Tripp Bradd, Kent J. Moore

Strengthen your patient relationships | Use screen savers to convey information to patients | Understanding private, fee-for-service Medicare plans

THE LAST WORD

A Night at the Nursing Home

Richard E. Waltman

Sometimes, our patients give us gifts far greater than anything we've given them.



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