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FEATURES

Discussing End-of-Life Care With Your Patients

Jerry L. Old

The conversation may not be easy, but your patients will be grateful.

CPT Care plan oversight codes  |  Patient satisfaction  |  Patient care, general  |  Communication  |  End-of-life care

Have You Really Addressed Your Patient's Concerns?

Ronald M. Epstein, Larry Mauksch, Jennifer Carroll, Carlos Roberto Jaén

These simple strategies will help you structure the medical encounter to ensure that you and your patient are on the same page.

Patient-centered care  |  Communication  |  Patient satisfaction
FROM THE EDITOR

Changes Coming to FPM online

Robert Edsall, Editor-in-Chief

The FPM Web site will soon be redesigned in more ways than one.

Family Practice Management (journal)  |  Internet
OPINION

e-Nirvana: Are We There Yet?

Christine A. Sinsky

Health information technology may revolutionize care … someday.

Information technology, general  |  Electronic health records
LETTERS

Do we need Medicare?

Overhead  |  Health plans, general  |  Reimbursement  |  CPT Pathology and laboratory codes  |  American Academy of Family Physicians  |  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services  |  Medicare

Baumol's disease

Jay R. Jackson

Service quality  |  Electronic health records  |  Efficiency
NEWS TRENDS

NEWS & TRENDS

United Healthcare to pay same-day E/M claims retroactive to Aug. 27 | Californians can complain online about insurers | One key NPI deadline passes, another approaches

CPT Hospital admission and discharge codes  |  Practice entities  |  CPT Evaluation and management codes  |  Health care system, general  |  CPT Preventive medicine codes  |  Acute care  |  Competition
CODING & DOCUMENTATION

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Cindy Hughes

Coding a brief service for urinalysis | Preoperative testing | Teaching patients to administer injections | Chronic venous stasis ulcers

Patient relations  |  Documenting medical necessity  |  Office management  |  Time-based coding  |  CPT Evaluation and management codes  |  CPT Office visit codes  |  CPT Surgery codes  |  Patient adherence  |  Staff motivation and retention  |  Communication
PRACTICE PEARLS

PRACTICE PEARLS

Oded Zmora, Rich Sagall, Kent J. Moore

Encourage patient payments at time of visit | Use online tools to identify drug seekers | Simplify refill requests | Charging Medicare for a missed appointment

Accounts receivable  |  Billing and claims  |  Internet  |  Medicare  |  Drug therapy  |  Appointments and schedules, general
THE LAST WORD

Looking Out for Others

William E. Cayley, Jr.

What do you do when serving others becomes drudgery?

Patient relations  |  Job satisfaction  |  Indigent care

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