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Official magazine of the Santa Clara County Medical Association and the Monterey County Medical Society
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Feature Articles 8 Billing, Cash Flow & ICD-10 12 Understanding Revenue Recovery 16 Wi-Fi in Schools: Are We Playing It Safe With Our Kids? 26 Telemedicine and Physician Liability Issues 28 Primary Care Physicians: The Front Lines of Mental Health Care and the Fight Against Stigma 30 Do You Know How to Make Insulin Work Backward?
Legal Services/On-Call Library
Departments
Legislative Advocacy/MICRA
5 From the Editor’s Desk
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6 Message From the SCCMA President
the iPhone Physicians’ Confidential Line
7 Save These Dates: Annual Awards Banquets and Installations
Practice Management
34 Medical Times From the Past
Resources and Education Professional Development Publications
36 MEDICO News 42 Energy Bars, From Sports to Snacks 44 Classified Ads
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