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Safe, Smart Billing and Coding for Evaluation and Management (2006) A training package on compact disk: 6 modules, including billing, coding background, coding history, coding exam, coding medical decision-making, “pearls” (290 Power Point slides, Power Point viewer included), simplified documentation guidelines, coding exercises, coding text
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Template Employment Contract for an NP (13 pages, with 12 pages of instructions) in Word 6.0 for Windows in Word Perfect 6.0
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Billing physician services provided by NPs in specialists’ offices, hospitals, nursing homes, homes and hospice (175-page book, 2006)
$89
Negotiating Employment 64-page booklet with self-assessment tools, published 2006
$35
NP Data Tracker, Version 2 Access-based software for tracking billings and clinical outcomes
$199
Productivity Incentive Plans for Nurse Practitioners 154-page book
$89
Subtotal Maryland residents must by law include 6% sales tax Total enclosed
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Sandra Wilbanks, APRN, MSN, FN, works in family practice at the Sanford Medical Center in Sanford, MI. She can be reached at [email protected].
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Sources Alper BS, Selius BA. Hepatitis C. Clin Advisor. 2005 July. Lee SP. Chronic hepatitis C, treatment and side effect management. Adv Nurse Pract. 2003;11(7):73-78.
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Legal Products for NPs from the Law Office of Choose from the following
Carolyn Bupper t Quantity
Item
Price
Avoiding Malpractice: 10 Rules, 5 Systems, 20 Cases (79-page booklet, published 2006)
$35./ea
The Green Sheet: The latest on compensation and reimbursement for NPs (monthly newsletter) The Gold Sheet: The latest on quality for NPs (monthly newsletter)
Safe, Smart Billing and Coding for Evaluation and Management (2006) A training package on compact disk: 6 modules, including billing, coding background, coding history, coding exam, coding medical decision-making, “pearls” (290 Power Point slides, Power Point viewer included), simplified documentation guidelines, coding exercises, coding text
Total
$45./yr
$45./yr $99. per individual licensee, $600. for licensed use by an educational track
Template Employment Contract for an NP (13 pages, with 12 pages of instructions) in Word 6.0 for Windows in Word Perfect 6.0
$250
Billing physician services provided by NPs in specialists’ offices, hospitals, nursing homes, homes and hospice (175-page book, 2006)
$89
Negotiating Employment 64-page booklet with self-assessment tools, published 2006
$35
NP Data Tracker, Version 2 Access-based software for tracking billings and clinical outcomes
$199
Productivity Incentive Plans for Nurse Practitioners 154-page book
$89
Subtotal Maryland residents must by law include 6% sales tax Total enclosed
___________ ___________ ___________
Handling/mailing is included in the prices listed above. Purchaser/licensee Name: ____________________________________ Address __________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ Credit card #_______________________CVV2______ Exp. date__________ TO ORDER Telephone #________________________E-mail address: ___________ The Nurse Practitioner’s Business Practice and Legal Guide (Jones & Bartlett, 2004) Or, send a check payable to Law Office of Carolyn Buppert The Primary Care Provider’s Guide to Compensation and Quality and mail to: (Jones & Bartlett, 2005) 7972 Old Georgetown Rd., Bethesda, MD 20814 visit Amazon.com or jbpub.com F o r a d d i t i o n a l i n f o r m a t i o n , v i s i t w w w. b u p p e r t . c o m
www.npjournal.org
The Journal for Nurse Practitioners - JNP
73