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Documentation Tips for Reducing Malpractice Risk

Peter G. Teichman

You can improve the quality of your communication and decrease malpractice risk with this revised version of SOAP.

Regrouping After Disintegration

Rod Aymond, Theodore Hariton

Before jumping into a new venture, make sure you have a strong, focused plan for the future.

A Model for Successful Rural Practice

Scott E. Rollins

This community-supported practice meets the needs of both the community and the physicians serving it.

Helping Patients Take Charge of Their Chronic Illnesses

Martha M. Funnell

The best thing you can do for your patients with chronic diseases is to let them run with the ball.

EDITOR'S PAGE

Is the Doctor-Patient Relationship Finally Growing Up?

Robert L. Edsall

The treatment works just fine. It's the patient who screws it up. This kind of thinking has clouded our minds, probably for centuries. And it has clouded everybody's minds — physicians and patients alike. It has led physicians to think they have efficacious treatment...

LETTERS

What about solo docs?

On the other hand …

Shafik Ahmad

Victim of disintegration

Edgar B. Powers

Important code for FPs

Christy J. Bendersky

Stark and rural offices

GETTING PAID

Getting New Physicians Credentialed Quickly

Kent J. Moore

These ideas will help you reduce delays and cope with the period before the credentials arrive.

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Coding and Documentation

Kent J. Moore

Drug screens | Coding pelvic exams | Suture removal | Preventive medicine | ICD-9 code for a strained trapezius muscle

MONITOR

Monitor

Informed choice rare in health care | Better-performing groups pay more, generate more | Quality doesn't ensure profitability for HMOs | Physicians influenced by pharmaceutical perks | Quality of care varies widely among Medicaid health plans | More patients to shop online...

IMPROVING PATIENT CARE

Are You Practicing ‘Opportunistic’ Prevention?

George E. Kikano, Susan A. Flocke, Robin S. Gotler, Kurt C. Stange

Preventive care doesn't have to wait until the next health maintenance exam. Illness visits are a prime opportunity.

PRACTICE DIARY

Practice Diary

Sanford J. Brown

Caring for family | Making it | HealthTrends

ASK FPM

ASK FPM

Kent J. Moore, Barry A. Gold, Jeff Miles

RVUs and established patient visits | Treating family members | Unlawful restraint of trade?

BALANCING ACT

What Type of Planner Is Right for You?

Pamela J. Vaccaro

The new hand-held planning devices are cool, but an old-fashioned paper planner may keep you just as well organized.



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