Billing: Getting the Process Right
Thinking of keeping your billing process in-house to save money? OK, but be sure you really are saving money in the long run.

Coding: Your Top Coding Concerns Solved
This issue: Can you bill for student-provided services?

Editor’s Note: Keeping ’Em in Stitches
Feeling a little grouchy lately? Read our account of one comedian turned business-savvy pediatrician, who claims laughter helps when he’s stumped by a humorless healthcare system.

Getting Paid: Insurance Guy, MD?
So you think you can run an insurance company better than the current establishment? What if you actually could own an insurance company? Is it just a crazy pipe dream…?

In Practice: Your Hospitalist and You
Some primary-care physicians love hospitalists; some won’t touch ’em with a 10-foot pole. Here’s what you need to know about the hottest new specialty in medicine.

Physician Recruiting: Finding the Keepers
Recruiting new physicians is harder than ever these days. Here’s how to boost your chances of finding Dr. Right.

Physicians Practice Pearls: Share the Joy
Robert Lamberts, MD, offers his tips for effective delegation of duties.

Public Policy: Uncle Sam’s Exam
Medicare has been scrutinizing your practice for more than a year through its P-4-P program. But how is the program performing for you? We put Uncle Sam on our exam table.

Start It Up: Patient Relations — Shout From the Rooftops
You didn’t think you could just hang a shingle and wait for the patients to come, did you? Most new practices have to do a little bit of horn-tooting to build their patient base. We’ll show you how.

Tech Survey: Navigating the Tech Maze
What are physicians like you doing when it comes to purchasing new office technologies? Our Fifth Annual Technology Survey cuts through the hype and gives it to you straight.

Technology: EMR Success in 8 Easy Steps
So the truck rolls up to your office, and you take delivery of your new EMR system. Now what? Relax and follow our step-by-step plan to EMR success.

The Administrator’s Desk: Move Up or Out?
You’ve been the backbone of your practice for years, but your compensation hasn’t changed much. Do you have to move out to move up?

The Bigger Picture: You vs. Your Patients
Modern healthcare too often forces physicians to be their patients’ adversaries instead of their advocates.

The Great Practice Makeover: Golden Ideas
What Dr. Eckerling sees as innovation, his staff sees as nonstop flux. Can harmony merge with vicissitude?

The Tech Doctor: Buying a New Phone System?
It’s a whole new world of telephonic choices, and it can get confusing. Don’t complete that telephone upgrade without reading our primer.