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ICD-9 Changes: New Codes of Note

Cindy Hughes

On Oct. 1, 142 new codes take effect, many of them five-digit codes that allow for more specific reporting.

The Ideal Medical Practice Model: Improving Efficiency, Quality and the Doctor-Patient Relationship

L. Gordon Moore, John h. Wasson

When you redesign a practice around these principles, you can step off the productivity treadmill and focus on excellent patient care.

Seven Strategies for Creating a More Efficient Practice

Lynn Ho

Simple, low-cost technologies and strategic outsourcing have helped this solo physician practice efficiently, even without any staff.

Quick Ways to Maximize Your Office Space

David V. Garrett

Try these strategies today that have worked for TransforMED practices.

The Medical Home: An Idea Whose Time Has Come … Again

Leigh Ann Backer

Physicians, employers, legislators and payers think medical homes may be the key to health system reform.

FROM THE EDITOR

Is Family Medicine Ready for the Home?

Robert L. Edsall

The “medical home” seems to hold out great hope, but getting there may not be easy.

LETTERS

Enjoying the commute

Tim Roberts

OB care in family medicine

Kristin K. Elliott

A revolution in the making

Clarification

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Cindy Hughes

Reporting a vaccine-only visit | Group visits and Medicare | Applying dressing to a burn | Shared visits as consultations? | Polyp removal during a colonoscopy

NEWS TRENDS

NEWS & TRENDS

Supply of free antibiotics grows | Officials challenge insurers' ratings of doctors | Medical groups' profits surge in West

PRACTICE PEARLS

PRACTICE PEARLS

Kristy Cowherd, Hien Nguyen, Ku-Lang Chang, Nate Hitzeman, Jennifer J. Donohue

Encourage employees to increase flu shot numbers | Start a farmer's market at your office | Prepare for patient visits with a “cheat sheet” | Use birthdays for preventive services reminders | Store high-risk medication samples in red boxes | Help your patients organize...

THE LAST WORD

Rewarding Failure

Jennifer E. Frank

High-tech, high-cost procedures may get all the glory in health care, but they signal our failure to reward prevention.



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