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Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Physicians Practice - March 2008 Physicians Practice - March 2008 Contents The Bigger Picture: Try a Little Tenderness Second Opinion Letters Physicians Practice Pearls: The Value of First Impressions Noteworthy Cover Story: Your Complete Guide to Patient Service Billings & Collections: Rules to Code By The Administrators Desk: Selecting an EMR Technology: Learn to Love Your Nerd Ask The Experts Coding The Guide The Tech Doctor: All About Blogs The Great Practice Makeover: When Bad Things Happen to Good Practices Start It Up - NEW! The Law: Audits 101 In Practice: Do As I Say... Pretty Please? Healthonomics: Handling the Changes Wrought by Medicare D Classifieds Advertiser Index Physicians Practice - March 2008 Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Physicians Practice - March 2008 (Page Cover1) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Physicians Practice - March 2008 (Page Cover2) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Physicians Practice - March 2008 (Page 1) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Physicians Practice - March 2008 (Page 2) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Physicians Practice - March 2008 (Page 3) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Physicians Practice - March 2008 (Page 4) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Contents (Page 5) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Contents (Page 6) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Contents (Page 7) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Contents (Page 8) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Contents (Page 9) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - The Bigger Picture: Try a Little Tenderness (Page 10) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - The Bigger Picture: Try a Little Tenderness (Page 11) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Second Opinion (Page 12) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Second Opinion (Page 13) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Letters (Page 14) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Letters (Page 15) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Letters (Page 16) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Letters (Page 17) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Physicians Practice Pearls: The Value of First Impressions (Page 18) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Physicians Practice Pearls: The Value of First Impressions (Page 19) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Noteworthy (Page 20) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Noteworthy (Page 21) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Noteworthy (Page 22) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Noteworthy (Page 23) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Cover Story: Your Complete Guide to Patient Service (Page 24) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Cover Story: Your Complete Guide to Patient Service (Page 25) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Cover Story: Your Complete Guide to Patient Service (Page 26) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Cover Story: Your Complete Guide to Patient Service (Page 27) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Cover Story: Your Complete Guide to Patient Service (Page 28) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Cover Story: Your Complete Guide to Patient Service (Page 29) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Cover Story: Your Complete Guide to Patient Service (Page 30) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Cover Story: Your Complete Guide to Patient Service (Page 31) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Cover Story: Your Complete Guide to Patient Service (Page 32) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Cover Story: Your Complete Guide to Patient Service (Page 33) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Cover Story: Your Complete Guide to Patient Service (Page 34) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Cover Story: Your Complete Guide to Patient Service (Page 35) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Billings & Collections: Rules to Code By (Page 36) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Billings & Collections: Rules to Code By (Page 37) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Billings & Collections: Rules to Code By (Page 38) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Billings & Collections: Rules to Code By (Page 39) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Billings & Collections: Rules to Code By (Page 40) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Billings & Collections: Rules to Code By (Page 41) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Billings & Collections: Rules to Code By (Page 42) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Billings & Collections: Rules to Code By (Page 43) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Billings & Collections: Rules to Code By (Page 44) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - The Administrators Desk: Selecting an EMR (Page 45) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - The Administrators Desk: Selecting an EMR (Page 46) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - The Administrators Desk: Selecting an EMR (Page 47) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - The Administrators Desk: Selecting an EMR (Page 48) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Technology: Learn to Love Your Nerd (Page 49) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Technology: Learn to Love Your Nerd (Page 50) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Technology: Learn to Love Your Nerd (Page 51) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Technology: Learn to Love Your Nerd (Page 52) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Ask The Experts (Page 53) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Ask The Experts (Page 54) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Ask The Experts (Page 55) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Ask The Experts (Page 56) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Ask The Experts (Page 57) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Ask The Experts (Page 58) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Ask The Experts (Page 59) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Ask The Experts (Page 60) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Coding (Page 61) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - The Guide (Page 62) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - The Guide (Page 63) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - The Guide (Page 64) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - The Tech Doctor: All About Blogs (Page 65) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - The Tech Doctor: All About Blogs (Page 66) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - The Great Practice Makeover: When Bad Things Happen to Good Practices (Page 67) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - The Great Practice Makeover: When Bad Things Happen to Good Practices (Page 68) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - The Great Practice Makeover: When Bad Things Happen to Good Practices (Page 69) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - The Great Practice Makeover: When Bad Things Happen to Good Practices (Page 70) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - The Great Practice Makeover: When Bad Things Happen to Good Practices (Page 71) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - The Great Practice Makeover: When Bad Things Happen to Good Practices (Page 72) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Start It Up - NEW! (Page 73) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Start It Up - NEW! (Page 74) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Start It Up - NEW! (Page 75) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Start It Up - NEW! (Page 76) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - The Law: Audits 101 (Page 77) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - The Law: Audits 101 (Page 78) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - The Law: Audits 101 (Page 79) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - The Law: Audits 101 (Page 80) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - In Practice: Do As I Say... Pretty Please? (Page 81) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - In Practice: Do As I Say... Pretty Please? (Page 82) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - In Practice: Do As I Say... Pretty Please? (Page 83) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - In Practice: Do As I Say... Pretty Please? (Page 84) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Healthonomics: Handling the Changes Wrought by Medicare D (Page 85) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Healthonomics: Handling the Changes Wrought by Medicare D (Page 86) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Healthonomics: Handling the Changes Wrought by Medicare D (Page 87) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Healthonomics: Handling the Changes Wrought by Medicare D (Page 88) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Classifieds (Page 89) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Classifieds (Page 90) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Classifieds (Page 91) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Classifieds (Page 92) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Classifieds (Page 93) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Classifieds (Page 94) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Classifieds (Page 95) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Advertiser Index (Page 96) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Advertiser Index (Page Cover3) Physicians Practice - March 2008 - Advertiser Index (Page Cover4)
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