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Eight Steps to a Chart Audit for Quality

Barbara H. Gregory, Cheryl Van Horn, Victoria S. Kaprielian

A simple chart review can help your group answer the question on everyone's mind: “How are we doing?”

Working With Insurers: A View From the Dark Side

Lee Buttz

An insider explains what you can do to ensure that the services you provide are actually covered by your patients' insurance.

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Decline and Fall

Robert Edsall

Is it time to call in hospice for the health care system?

MESSAGE FROM THE AAFP

A Whole New Format for FPM

Michael D. Springer

Starting in November, you'll be able to thumb through the newest issue of FPM – on the computer

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Playing by the E/M rules

Learning about the RUC

Ajoy Kumar

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Coding & Documentation

Cindy Hughes

Modifier 25 with E/M and injection codes? | Preoperative physicals | House calls and private payers

PRACTICE PEARLS

Practice Pearls

Julea Garner, Kent J. Moore, Jay H. Lee, Craig Freyer, Berdi Safford

Promote your office with an electronic marquee | Advocating for Medicare payment reform | Use a virtual reminder system to prompt follow-up care | Manage ingrown toenails to prevent surgery | Introduce care team members by name

THE LAST WORD

The Paper Chase

Bobby J. Newbell

Technology was supposed to eliminate paper in our offices, so what happened?



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