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Starting a Revolution in Office-Based Care

Brandi White

A nationwide experiment is asking practices to forget the way they’ve always done it and pursue the ideal in patient care.

Recognizing and Preventing Medication Diversion

B. Eliot Cole

Don’t let diversion of pain medication hamper your ability to treat chronic pain.

How to Get All the 99214s You Deserve

Emily Hill

It’s easier than you might think to get what’s coming to you.

LETTERS

Need to illustrate respect

Roger K. Howe

Crossing PDA platforms

Making HIPAA make sense

Douglas Iliff

Correction

EDITOR’S PAGE

Five Ways of Looking at a 99214

Robert L. Edsall

Look at the cover illustration. What do you think is going on in the picture? I was looking at it the other day in the process of preparing this issue for publication, and I kept seeing it in new lights.

GETTING PAID

ICD-9: The Annual Update

Kent J. Moore

Changes took effect Oct. 1.

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Kent J. Moore

Coding a cold | B–12 with or without E/M | Well-child checks | CPT for DOT

MONITOR

MONITOR

Nation responds to medical needs in wake of attacks | HMOs doing a better job, not good enough | PRACTICE PEARLS from here and there | Doctor’s orders | Bright lights, big city | Meanwhile … | Medicare updates | Compensation and RVUs | Charity care strong but slipping |...

IMPROVING PATIENT CARE

30 Standardized Hospital Admission Orders

Robert Wiprud

This updated and expanded collection of orders can help you admit patients more efficiently and effectively.

PRACTICE DIARY

PRACTICE DIARY

Sanford J. Brown

Rivulets make a river | Patients bearing gifts | Helter skelter

COMPUTERS

Downloading Applications for Your PDA

Jeff Suzewits

Follow along as the author explains how to get programs from the Internet to your hand-held computer.

ASK FPM

ASK FPM

Ann Bachman, Lisa Henderson

Notifying patients of test results | Physician office labs

BALANCING ACT

Reflections From a Family Physician’s Daughter

Kathryn E. Phillips

If you’ve ever wondered how your dedication to your profession affects your children’s lives, you may be pleasantly surprised.



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