Sep 2000 Table of Contents

Features

Implementing a New Plan to Compensate Physicians

Charles S. Colodny

Hiring the Right Physician for Your Practice

Judy Capko

Same-Day Appointments: Exploding the Access Paradigm

Mark Murray; Catherine Tantau

Departments

Editor's Page

Doctor Tools

Robert L. Edsall

Getting Paid

New Diagnosis Codes Take Effect Oct. 1

Kent J. Moore

Improving Patient Care

Making Diabetes Checkups More Fruitful

Brandi White

Computers

A Palm-Top Computer in Every Practice?

Kent E. Willyard

Balancing Act

The 80/20 Rule of Time Management

Pamela J. Vaccaro

Coding & Documentation

• Defining "Self-Limited Problem" • When 99211 Isn't Appropriate • Office Visit + Allergy Vaccine Injection? • Office Visit + Treadmill Exam? • Epoetin Alpha for Anemia • Medical Decision Making Score Sheets • HCFA Releases New Medicare Documentation Guidelines, Plans Pilot Tests

Ask FPM

• Buying and Selling Patient Charts • Average Compensation • Compensation for Collecting Capitation Payments • Cesarean Section Privileges for FPs

Practice Diary

• Auto Mechanics • Signing Out • Revisiting Julia Butterfly

Monitor

• PPO to Reimburse for E-mail consultations • Goodbye Capitation • Goodbye California? • Rx Costs for Seniors • Patient Appeals • The New Face of HCFA • On Second Thought ... • 30 Minutes Guaranteed • Fraud and Abuse Prevention 101 • When Antibiotics Aren't the Answer • Signs You're Understaffed • Honesty Is the Best Policy • Insurer Promises Better Income for Better Outcomes

Letters

• "Off the Charts" Is Off-Base

• A Bygone Era

• Corrections

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