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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.

How We Improved Our Practice and Our Bottom Line With a New EMR System

Bradley M. Block

This four-physician practice has good reason to be enthusiastic about new technology.

Your Practice on Hold: Planning for a Leave of Absence

Ann Evensen

Developing a leave plan can help your partners and your patients feel more comfortable with your time away

A New Approach to Making Your Doctor-Nurse Team More Productive

Peter Anderson, Marc D. Halley

With proper training and delegation, your team can see more patients, deliver better care and feel more satisfied at work.

FROM THE EDITOR

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

OPINION

Paging Dr. Colombo: When Physicians Become Instruments of the Law

James Glazer

What do you do when the law and your Hippocratic Oath come into conflict?

LETTERS

Playing by the E/M rules

Learning about the RUC

Ajoy Kumar

Another approach to clinical decision making

Dave Chakoian

Closing the divide

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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