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Preparing Your Office for an Infectious Disease Epidemic

Charles W. Mackett, III

If your practice doesn't have a written preparedness plan, now is the time to develop one.

The Patient-Centered Medical Home: 12 Tips to Help You Lead the Way

Marly McMillen, Elizabeth Stewart

Physicians involved in the TransforMED national demonstration project share what they've learned about practice transformation.

“Will the Feds Really Buy Me an EHR?” and Other Commonly Asked Questions About the HITECH Act

Steven Waldren, David C. Kibbe, Jason Mitchell

The economic stimulus package offers $19 billion in health IT incentives, but it also creates new penalties. Here's what you need to know.

Why I Give My Cell Phone Number to My Patients

Winthrop C. Dillaway

You may gain more rapport without losing sleep.

FROM THE EDITOR

Two Pictures of a Medical Home

Robert Edsall

It's hard to hit a moving target.

OPINION

Family Medicine Should Shape Reform, Not Vice Versa

Barbara Starfield

If the PCMH represents good primary care, why isn't it defined by the criteria of good primary care?

Toward a Modular EHR

David C. Kibbe

Imagine being able to buy just the parts of an EHR system that you need.

LETTERS

Positive patient reviews are possible

Angie Hicks

Keeping the door open to pharma

Jack Harris

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Cindy Hughes, null CPC

Unbilled services | Same-day office visit and observation care | Is transcription an “incident-to service”? | Same-day preventive and E/M services | Fluorescein eye testing

PRACTICE PEARLS

PRACTICE PEARLS

Lynette I. Iles, Nancy Neighbors, Donald T. Stewart, Anette Mnabhi, William Conner, Alan T. Falkoff, Pennie Marchetti

Give your exam rooms a face-lift | Simplify compliance with the Red Flags Rule

THE LAST WORD

The Importance of Closing the Loop

Sanford J. Brown

Never assume that a critical message has been delivered.



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