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Back to School: Options for Learning the Business of Medicine

Leigh Ann Backer

From master’s programs to certificate programs to CME courses, the options are plentiful. But what’s right for you?

Depositions: Defending Your Care

Peter G. Teichman, Nicholas E. Bunch

If you’re sued for malpractice, follow these safe deposition tips and you may not have to go to court.

A Problem-Oriented Approach to the HIPAA Security Standards

David C. Kibbe

Every practice will have to comply with HIPAA. You can take the first step by performing a self-audit of your practice’s current security measures.

EDITOR’S PAGE

Forget HIPAA; Think of Your Patients

Robert L. Edsall

Underneath all its legal language, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is really a challenge to you to live up to one of the cherished ideals of medicine: patient confidentiality.

LETTERS

Priorities and strategies

Elaine Brautigam

How secure is your palm-top?

David B. Hill

Four tips for EMR integration

Walter D. Leventhal

Correction

GETTING PAID

When All Else Fails, Contact Your HCFA Regional Office

Kent J. Moore

Regional office staff are ready and willing to help you resolve disputes with your Medicare carrier.

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Kent J. Moore

Coding counseling | Reimbursement for reviewing records | Prolonged services code for hospital care | HepB/Hib vaccine

MONITOR

MONITOR

Patients’ rights legislation reaches Senate floor | National FP salaries | More docs job hunting | PRACTICE PEARLS from here and there | PRACTICE PEARLS from here and there | A renewed bureaucracy | Reporting errors | Drug spending | Needle in a haystack | Persistence pays |...

IMPROVING PATIENT CARE

Responding to an Unfavorable Quality Assurance Audit

Richard Colgan

Is some aspect of your practice getting a failing grade? Here’s how to turn it around and embrace a spirit of quality improvement.

PRACTICE DIARY

PRACTICE DIARY

Sanford J. Brown

Panic attack | Medical records | Saying no

COMPUTERS

Buying Your First PDA

Stephanie Schneider, Rita Kostecke, Jeffrey Tokazewski

Thinking about joining the hand-held revolution? Here are five points to consider before you buy.

ASK FPM

ASK FPM

Judy Capko, Barry Gold, Kent J. Moore

Choosing a consultant | The lone overcoder | EMTALA defined

BALANCING ACT

Protecting the Time You’ve Got

Pamela J. Vaccaro

Think there’s nothing you can do about frequent interruptions and urgent requests for your time? Think again.



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