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Making Family Practice Doable in Everyday Life

J. LeBron McBride

Having trouble coping with the demands of your profession? Self-examination can make your work more meaningful and manageable.

Evaluating Health Plans: Finding the Keepers

Rod Aymond

Dropping certain health plan contracts can boost your bottom line and reduce hassles. The author’s spreadsheet will enable you to choose carefully.

EDITOR’S PAGE

A Request for Further Guidance

Robert L. Edsall

Some time ago in this space, I asked you to let me know what was on your mind – what problems in your practice were attracting your attention, what you had done to solve them, and where we might be able to help (“A Piece of Your Mind,” November/December 2002, page 8). The...

EDITORIAL

The Challenge of Urban Family Medicine

Denise Hooks-Anderson

After an eye-opening move to a new community, one physician discovers she is more than just a doctor to her patients.

LETTERS

No quick fixes

Cary D. Douglass

GETTING PAID

Anatomy of the Medicare Appeals Process

Kent J. Moore

Recent changes speed up the process and make additional levels of appeal more accessible.

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Kent J. Moore

Night admission | New or established patient? | Allergy injections

MONITOR

MONITOR

Malpractice crisis spreads; legislation pending | Physicians, patients have differing views on disclosing errors | PRACTICE PEARLS from here and there | PRACTICE PEARLS from here and there | How low can you go? | Medicare spending vs. private spending | Backlog reduction 101 ...

IMPROVING PATIENT CARE

Making Paper Charts More Efficient

Lisa McTavish

Simple interventions, such as using self-inking stamps to document lab results, can make your charts more legible, consistent and complete in less time.

PRACTICE DIARY

PRACTICE DIARY

Sanford J. Brown

Coding consult | A bold woman | Schooled!

ASK FPM

ASK FPM

K. Meg Morrison, Kent J. Moore, Jeffrey B. Miller

PDAs and HIPAA | Using RVUs in compensation formulas | Paper for paperless systems?

BALANCING ACT

Keeping the Human Touch

Frank H. Boehm

The more high-tech we get, the more we need the healing power of the human touch.



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