• FEATURES

    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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