• FEATURES

    A Systematic Approach to Identifying Drug-Seeking Patients

    Richard W. Pretorius, Gina M. Zurick

    When patients present with suspicious complaints of pain, these seven steps can help you prevent the misuse of prescription drugs.

    A New Approach to Group Visits: Helping High-Need Patients Make Behavioral Change

    Jean Antonucci

    The most difficult patients have one thing in common: They need to change their health habits. Group visits can help them.

    Closing the Physician-Staff Divide: A Step Toward Creating the Medical Home

    Benjamin F. Crabtree, Reuben R. McDaniel, Paul A. Nutting, Holly J. Lanham, J. Anna Looney, William L. Miller

    If your staff's job is to keep patients moving through the system and yours is to take care of the patients they supply, your practice is flawed.

    Stark III: Refinement Not Revolution (Part 2)

    ALICE G. GOSFIELD

    The regulations include good news for physicians who work with hospitals.

    How to Protect Your Data When You're on the Web

    Adarsh K. Gupta

    Every time you access the Internet, a world of criminals is trying to steal personal information – yours and your patients'. Here's how to stop them.

    What You Need to Know When Called Upon to Be a Good Samaritan

    Robert J. Dachs, Jay M. Elias

    Understanding your legal protections and ethical obligations can make it easier to respond when duty calls.

    FROM THE EDITOR

    A Quick Tour of the Changes in FPM

    Robert Edsall, Editor-in-Chief

    Board here. The tour bus is about to depart.

    OPINION

    Why Teamwork Will Make or Break Your Practice

    Bruce Bagley

    Without it, practice transformation and optimal outcomes will be difficult to achieve

    LETTERS

    Contemplating Robin Hood practice

    Patient vs. “customer-owner”

    Edward Thompson

    Evaluating the RUC

    James Wedell

    Curing Baumol's disease

    Allen Horn

    NEWS TRENDS

    NEWS & TRENDS

    2008 Match Results: Family medicine shows slight improvement | Communities needed for EHR demonstration project | Majority of FPs wouldn't do it again despite strong job market

    CODING & DOCUMENTATION

    CODING & DOCUMENTATION

    Cindy Hughes

    Tobacco cessation codes | Specimen transfer to lab | Home health services | Diagnosis code for prothrombin time testing | Hospital discharge when the patient dies | Hepatitis test | Nebulizer supplies

    PRACTICE PEARLS

    PRACTICE PEARLS

    Andy Pasternak, Jesse Bracamonte, Hien Nguyen, Sweety Jain, Alice G. Gosfield

    Monitor records transfers | Use analogies to increase patient compliance | Have a garage sale | Focus on special needs | Tracking follow-up care

    THE LAST WORD

    A New Epidemic: Administrative Fibrillation

    William E. Chavey

    If you're prone to overcommitment, you may be at risk for A-fib.



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