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Readers Speak Out on the Turtle vs. Rabbit Controversy

Robert D. Gillette

Family physicians from across the country have strongly held and differing views on the clash of practice styles. Is there a solution?

Improve Your ICD-9 Coding Accuracy

Emily Hill

Reviewing the fundamentals can strengthen your ICD-9 coding and streamline the reimbursement process.

Monitoring Your Practice's Financial Data: 10 Vital Signs

Rod Aymond

Knowing your collection rate and overhead percentage isn't enough anymore. Here are 10 questions you need to be able to answer.

EDITOR'S PAGE

The Patient vs. Physician Relationship

Robert L. Edsall

Making Wise Medical Decisions. When I saw it on the shelf of the public library, I was understandably intrigued. It's a paperback book about three-quarters of an inch thick, and I figured it must represent a pretty powerful distillation of wisdom if it manages to encompass...

EDITORIAL

The Ideal Physician Leader: A Family Physician

Perry A. Pugno

These are turbulent times. The system of health care in this country has experienced radical change with the advent of managed care and the involvement of Wall Street. It seems that the profit motive has supplanted the values of meeting the needs of individual patients,...

LETTERS

Physicians know best

George D. Harris

GETTING PAID

How Medicare Views Concurrent Care

Kent J. Moore

Understanding Medicare's criteria for “reasonable and necessary” is one giant step toward getting paid for concurrent care.

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Coding and Documentation

Kent J. Moore

This is a corrected version of the article that appeared in print.

MONITOR

Monitor

Physician groups call for universal coverage | Family physicians see small income gain | AMA delegates vote to create union | Physician report cards receive low grade | HHS expands ‘senior patrols,’ billing education | Y2K Update: More medical devices found to be noncompliant...

PRACTICE DIARY

Practice Diary

Sanford J. Brown

Close calls | Drug reps | Routines | The art of nudging

IMPROVING PATIENT CARE

Tips for Boosting Efficiency and Morale

Gail L. Horning, Thomas J. Weida

Even in managed care, there are ways to simplify work, revive your employees' satisfaction and make patients happier as a result.

COMPUTERS

WebMD: The Online Future for Physicians?

David C. Kibbe

I signed up for WebMD with a good deal of skepticism, became more and more enthusiastic as I began using it, and have ended up both delighted with it and puzzled about its ultimate value for family physicians.

ASK FPM

Ask FPM

Barbara J. Hensleigh, Michael J. Schoppmann, Barry S. Pillow

Handling an EEO complaint | Intoxicated patients | Group averages

SALARIED FP BALANCING ACT

Kick the Procrastination Habit

Pamela J. Vaccaro

If you're struggling to achieve life balance, procrastination could be what's keeping you from it.



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