BACK ISSUES - The Green Sheet and The Gold Sheet

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The Gold Sheet 2005 issues:

• Documenting and improving quality of care (January)
• Update on malpractice insurance for NP's (February)
• Malpractice cases: The odd and unusual (March)
• More on meningitis (April)
• Missed tendon rupture (May)
• Reading the fine print on malpractice insurance documents (June)

The Gold Sheet 2004 issues:

• Missed meningitis in a teenager (January)
• Attending to dehydration (February)
• NCQA proposes changes to HEDIS measures for 2005 (March)
• Prostate screening: What is the standard of care? (April)
• 15 Things to think about before prescribing CDS (May)
• How to avoid errors when writing prescriptions (June)
• Top 10 reasons NPs lose their jobs (July)
• NP liability when working with medical assistants (August)
• Implications of failure to diagnose pregnancy (September)
• 2003 Data on managed care plan performance on screening/health maintenance/outcomes (October)
• Missed anemia in an infant (November)
• Counseling and screening components of Medicare's Initial Preventive Physical Exam (December)

The Green Sheet 2005 issues:

• Negotiating fee schedule increases with commercial insurers (January)
• Update on Medicare audits of medical records (February)
• Increased Medicare coverage for diabetic screening (March)
• Treatment of obesity: Options for third party payment (April)
• Mutually exclusive and disallowed codes for evaluation and management(May)
• Documenting and rewarding productivity (June)

The Green Sheet 2004 issues:

• How the Medicare Prescription Drug Act of 2003 affects NPs (January)
• What qualifies as "telehealth" and what are the opportunities for NPs? (February)
• The top 10 must-do’s for billing NP services (March)
• Basics of ordering diagnostic screening (April)
• 20 Questions to ask a prospective employer (May)
• Whose provider number to put on the claim form (June)
• More clarification on NP services to patients in NFs and SNFs (July)
• Proposed new rules for ordering DME and furnishing “welcome to Medicare exam” (August)
• Info for NPs who provide mental health services (September)
• Further word from CMS on billing evaluation/management in nursing homes (October)
• Telephone calls: Can NPs bill for them? (November)
• More on the Medicare Initial Preventive Physical Examination (December)

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