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31	31	DIVERSITY Strategies for Expanding Your Patient Base in Diverse Communities Diversification can help your practice thrive -- and deepen your humanity. George Rust, MD, MPH, and Harry Strothers, MD
	48	PRACTICE REDESIGN As Good As It Could Get: Remaking the Medical Practice A national initiative may forever change the way medical practices operate. Isn't it about time? Charles M. Kilo, MD, MPH, and Scott Endsley, MD, MSc
48	37	PRECEPTING Off the Charts: Teaching Students in Compliance With HCFA Guidelines Play it safe when documenting E/M services: Keep your medical students' documentation out of patient chart notes. Kathryn G. Chappelle, MA, Shawn H. Blanchard, MD, Miguel F. Ramirez-Williams, MN, RN, CS, FNP, and Scott A. Fields, MD
	43	SCOPE OF PRACTICE Readers Speak Out on Family Physicians' Scope of Practice Is the scope of family practice narrowing? See how your colleagues answer this question.

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13	EDITORIAL Building for Tomorrow: The Idealized Design of Clinical Office Practices Bruce Bagley, MD
15	GETTING PAID A Bonus Deal From Medicare Depending on where you provide services, you may be entitled to take advantage of HCFA's 10 percent incentive payment program. Kent J. Moore
22	CODING AND DOCUMENTATION Answers to Your Questions Follow-up visits • Alternative modifiers • Inconclusive diagnoses • Inpatient for a day • Complementary medicine • Subsequent hospital care Kent J. Moore
25	MONITOR Physicians sidestep health plan rules to help patients • HMO accused of using flawed data for reimbursements • Patients may not be telling doctors about drug complications
59	IMPROVING PATIENT CARE Understanding the Risks of Medical Interventions Three simple calculations will help you decide whether a treatment will truly benefit your patient. Eric Henley, MD, MPH
63	PRACTICE DIARY Carl • The last straw • Juggling act Sanford J. Brown, MD
67	ASK FPM RVU scales • Counseling and Stark • Workplace violence
68	SALARIED FP Assessing Benefits Packages The physicians of this health care system saw organizing as the only way to make their voices heard. Jeffrey B. Sansweet, JD
78	BALANCING ACT Grieving the Death of a Patient Acknowledging the pain of a loss is often healthier than trying to remain objective. C. Carolyn Thiedke, MD
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10	EDITOR'S PAGE
14	LETTERS
73	FPM QUIZ (EARN 3HOURS OF CME CREDIT)
75	CLASSIFIEDS
77	AUTHORS GUIDE

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