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29	29	Going Solo: Making the Leap Gordon Moore, MD Why one family physician left the security of salaried practice to pursue ideal patient care completely on his own.
	35	Improving Anticoagulation Management at the Point of Care Anne E. Caffee, PharmD, and Peter G. Teichman, MD, MPA Stop treating lab results. These easy-to-use devices return the focus of warfarin therapy to treating the patient.
41	41	Test Your Coding Skills Olivia K. Maresh Go head to head with our review panel in coding six troublesome progress notes.
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	16	GETTING PAID Seven Tips to Improve Your ICD-9 Coding for Diagnostic Tests Kent J. Moore You can prevent some costly claims denials by following these guidelines.
	22	CODING & DOCUMENTATION Answers to Your Questions Kent J. Moore Critical care on the day of admission • Allergy history • Developmental testing
	23	MONITOR Six health plans to begin paying for quality • Compliance date extended for HIPAA transactions rules • Practice pearl
	24	PATIENT INFORMATION Prescriptions: Why They're So Complicated This handout will help you by helping patients better understand their drug coverage.
	46	IMPROVING PATIENT CARE Results From the FPM Practice Self-Test Brandi White Family physicians rate how they are doing and what they think it takes to succeed.
	53	PRACTICE DIARY Sanford J. Brown, MD Horses vs. zebras II • Moving on • Excuses
	54	ASK FPM Creating a practice Web site • Unwilling support staff • Teaching-physician rules & physicals
	57	SALARIED FP It's Not Too Early to Prepare for Semi-Retirement Vasilios J. Kalogredis, JD, CHBC, CFP Adding a semi-retirement clause to your current contract will free you to broaden your horizons later.
	68	BALANCING ACT Precepting: Help Yourself While Helping Students Jeff Suzewits, DO Has your enthusiasm for medicine begun to wane? Precepting may help improve your perspective.
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	12	EDITOR'S PAGE
	14	LETTERS
	61	FPM QUIZ (EARN 2.5 HOURS OF CME CREDIT)
	65	CLASSIFIEDS
	67	AUTHORS GUIDE

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