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Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Physicians Practice - April 2008 Physicians Practice - April 2008 Contents The Bigger Picture: Medicare Decision Time Letters Physicians Practice Pearls: Outsource Your Pain Noteworthy Cover Story: Trial Lawyers Tell All Management: When It’s Time to Change Ask the Experts Technology: Do You Know Where Your Data Is? The Tech Doctor: Are Your Discarded PCs Really Clean? Billing & Collections: Playing Hardball The Administrator's Desk: Recruiting for Patient Satisfaction Start It Up: Finance - Mastering the Numbers Game Coding The Great Practice Makeover: Taking Care of Business Associates Classifieds Advertiser Index Physicians Practice - April 2008 Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Physicians Practice - April 2008 (Page Cover1) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Physicians Practice - April 2008 (Page Cover2) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Physicians Practice - April 2008 (Page 1) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Physicians Practice - April 2008 (Page 2) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Physicians Practice - April 2008 (Page 3) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Physicians Practice - April 2008 (Page 4) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Contents (Page 5) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Contents (Page 6) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Contents (Page 7) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Contents (Page 8) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Contents (Page 9) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - The Bigger Picture: Medicare Decision Time (Page 10) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - The Bigger Picture: Medicare Decision Time (Page 11) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Letters (Page 12) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Letters (Page 13) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Letters (Page 14) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Letters (Page 15) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Letters (Page 16) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Physicians Practice Pearls: Outsource Your Pain (Page 17) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Noteworthy (Page 18) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Noteworthy (Page 19) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Noteworthy (Page 20) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Noteworthy (Page 21) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Cover Story: Trial Lawyers Tell All (Page 22) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Cover Story: Trial Lawyers Tell All (Page 23) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Cover Story: Trial Lawyers Tell All (Page 24) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Cover Story: Trial Lawyers Tell All (Page 25) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Cover Story: Trial Lawyers Tell All (Page 26) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Cover Story: Trial Lawyers Tell All (Page 27) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Cover Story: Trial Lawyers Tell All (Page 28) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Cover Story: Trial Lawyers Tell All (Page 29) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Management: When It’s Time to Change (Page 30) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Management: When It’s Time to Change (Page 31) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Management: When It’s Time to Change (Page 32) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Management: When It’s Time to Change (Page 33) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Management: When It’s Time to Change (Page 34) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Management: When It’s Time to Change (Page 35) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Management: When It’s Time to Change (Page 36) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Management: When It’s Time to Change (Page 37) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Management: When It’s Time to Change (Page 38) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Ask the Experts (Page 39) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Ask the Experts (Page 40) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Ask the Experts (Page 41) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Ask the Experts (Page 42) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Ask the Experts (Page 43) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Ask the Experts (Page 44) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Ask the Experts (Page 45) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Ask the Experts (Page 46) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Ask the Experts (Page 47) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Ask the Experts (Page 48) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Technology: Do You Know Where Your Data Is? (Page 49) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Technology: Do You Know Where Your Data Is? (Page 50) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Technology: Do You Know Where Your Data Is? (Page 51) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Technology: Do You Know Where Your Data Is? (Page 52) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Technology: Do You Know Where Your Data Is? (Page 53) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Technology: Do You Know Where Your Data Is? (Page 54) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - The Tech Doctor: Are Your Discarded PCs Really Clean? (Page 55) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - The Tech Doctor: Are Your Discarded PCs Really Clean? (Page 56) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Billing & Collections: Playing Hardball (Page 57) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Billing & Collections: Playing Hardball (Page 58) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Billing & Collections: Playing Hardball (Page 59) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Billing & Collections: Playing Hardball (Page 60) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Billing & Collections: Playing Hardball (Page 61) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Billing & Collections: Playing Hardball (Page 62) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - The Administrator's Desk: Recruiting for Patient Satisfaction (Page 63) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - The Administrator's Desk: Recruiting for Patient Satisfaction (Page 64) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Start It Up: Finance - Mastering the Numbers Game (Page 65) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Start It Up: Finance - Mastering the Numbers Game (Page 66) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Start It Up: Finance - Mastering the Numbers Game (Page 67) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Start It Up: Finance - Mastering the Numbers Game (Page 68) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Start It Up: Finance - Mastering the Numbers Game (Page 69) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Start It Up: Finance - Mastering the Numbers Game (Page 70) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Coding (Page 71) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Coding (Page 72) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - The Great Practice Makeover: Taking Care of Business Associates (Page 73) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - The Great Practice Makeover: Taking Care of Business Associates (Page 74) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - The Great Practice Makeover: Taking Care of Business Associates (Page 75) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Classifieds (Page 76) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Classifieds (Page 77) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Classifieds (Page 78) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Classifieds (Page 79) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Advertiser Index (Page 80) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Advertiser Index (Page Cover3) Physicians Practice - April 2008 - Advertiser Index (Page Cover4)
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