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Practice Management
Are you Manager Material? CMA Today, Certified Medical Assistant Mark T. Harris featuring comments by Karen Zupko January/February 2007
Fact vs. Feeling: Suggestions on how to remove the speculation from all hiring decisions BC Advantage Karen Zupko
Dodging Bullets Five Consultants Dish About the Biggest Mistakes They See Practices Making Physicians Practice Pamela Moore, PhD Karen Zupko a featured consultant March 2006
Low-maintenance Management: Using a Simple Classification to Rate Employees’ Productivity and Support Requirements Journal of Medical Practice Management Jennifer O’Brien, MSOD 2005
Paying Attention to Practice Management Pays Off AMA Alliance Karen Zupko
Why Physicians are Often Disappointed with Their Practice Administrators and Managers Journal of Medical Practice Management Karen Zupko 2000
Zupko on Patient Satisfaction: An interview with Karen Zupko Practice Pointers, American Osteopathic Association 2000
Coding and Documentation
Category III Code Updates AAOS Now November 2008 Mary LeGrand, RN, MA, CCS-P, CPC
Coding for Pediatric Spine Deformity Procedures AAOS Now September 2008 Mary LeGrand, RN, MA, CCS-P, CPC
Coding for Pediatric Spine Deformity Procedures AAOS NOW August 2008 Mary LeGrand, RN, MA, CCS-P, CPC
Coding for Closed Treatments of Fractures AAOS Now July 2008 Mary LeGrand, RN, MA, CCS-P, CPC
Additional Modifier Changes for 2008 AAOS Now June 2008 Mary LeGrand, RN, MA, CCS-P, CPC
Modifier Changes for 2008 AAOS Now May 2008 Mary LeGrand, RN, MA, CCS-P, CPC
Place of Service Effects Your Reimbursement AAOS Now April 2008 Mary LeGrand, RN, MA, CCS-P, CPC
Frequently Asked Coding Questions AAOS Now March 2008 Mary LeGrand, RN, MA, CCS-P, CPC
Answers to Your Coding Questions AAOS Now February 2008 Mary LeGrand, RN, MA, CCS-P, CPC
Spine-Code Changes You Can’t Afford to Miss AAOS Now January 2008 Mary LeGrand, RN, MA, CCS-P, CPC
The Ins and )uts of Coding for Hip Resurfacing AAOS Now May 2007 Mary LeGrand, RN, MA CCS-P, CPC, with M. Bradford Henley, MD, MBA; Frank R. Voss, MD; Kevin J. Bozic, MD, MBA; Robert L. Barrack, MD; and Thomas P Schmalzried, MD
Using Modifier AS for surgical assist services AAOS Now Jennifer Bever, MS, FACHE March/April 2007
How to submit claims for gastric bypass procedures Contemporary Surgery Mary LeGrand, RN, MA, CCS-P, CPC March 2007
Do professional interpretations of X-rays require a written report? AAOS Now Mary LeGrand, RN, MA, CCS-P, CPC January/February 2007
Which code works best for your thyroid procedure? Contemporary Surgery Mary LeGrand, RN, MA, CCS-P, CPC February 2007
The right way to code for sentinel lymph node biopsy Contemporary Surgery Mary LeGrand, RN, MA, CCS-P, CPC October 2006
Billing, Reimbursement and Financial Management Systems
The Art and Science of the Clean Claim Medical Economics Robert Lowes featuring comments by KZA’s Sarah Wiskerchen 2006
Profitability Starts Within The American Journal of Orthopedics Jennifer Bever, MS, CHE December 2006
Outsourcing Billing? Here’s how Medical Economics Robert Lowes with KZA’s Sarah Wiskerchen and Karen Zupko featured May 2003
Technology: Internet, EMRs, and More
Many practices wonder if it’s time to move to EMR system ACOS News Jennifer Bever, MS, CHE April 2006
Pod Power Wall Street Journal Raymund Flandez January 2006
Other
Thoughts on Strategic Retreats and Group Governance Surgical Neurology Karen Zupko 2002
How to Handle the Worst-Case Scenario: Responding to Government Investigations KarenZupko.com Robert N. Falk (Guest Columnist) Spring 2001
Games Payors Play: When a Floor Becomes a Ceiling KarenZupko.com David D. Marcus, MBA, PhD (Guest Columnist) September 2001
Rights and Responsibilities of Group Practice Members Journal of Medical Practice Management Karen Zupko January/February 1998
Surgeons and Mergers American College of Surgeons Bulletin Karen Zupko 1994

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