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CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Kent J. Moore

School physical forms | Hospital care for partner’s patients

Big Ideas to Help Your Practice Thrive

Your family physician colleagues share their best ideas for energizing and strengthening the practice of medicine.

Group Visits Hit the Road

Douglas Dreffer

By taking group visits to his elderly patients, this physician found a way to meet their needs and those of his practice – and have fun at the same time.

Making Time to Listen

James R. Dykes

This family physician created a model of practice that allows him to spend quality time with patients.

“Insuring” The Uninsured

Javier Vazquez, Claudia Aguero-Vazquez

By offering uninsured patients a set of services in exchange for an affordable monthly fee, this practice has reduced no-shows and improved its patients’ health.

EDITOR’S PAGE

18 Glimpses of Tomorrow

Robert L. Edsall

The “big ideas” described in this issue offer 18 different views of the future, individually incomplete, but collectively suggestive of a shared vision.

LETTERS

How different are internists and FPs?

Charles G. Perl

Money and status

Charles Friend

Just what is a family physician, anyway?

Kirsten Stoesser

GETTING PAID

ICD-9 Changes: Update Now or Pay Later

Kent J. Moore

Failing to update your ICD-9 codes by the Oct. 1 effective date could cost you.

IMPROVING PATIENT CARE

Starting the Doctor-Patient Relationship on the Right Foot

Robert E. Smith

Enrollment interviews will help you educate potential patients about your practice and assess whether it’s a good match.

PRACTICE DIARY

PRACTICE DIARY

Sanford J. Brown

Preserving the solo physician | The vampire

ASK FPM

ASK FPM

Tom McGuinness, null CPA, null CVA, Mary Jean Sage

Writing off patient balances | Billing for precepting

BALANCING ACT

Making a Living and a Life

Eugene Guazzo, CHARLIE BYRD

“A person should design the way he makes a living around how he wishes to make a life.” – CHARLIE BYRD, CLASSICAL JAZZ GUITARIST.



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