Seven Reasons Family Doctors Get Sued and How to Reduce Your Risk
Richard G. Roberts, MD, JD, FAAFP
By adopting a risk-management mind-set, physicians can avert not only malpractice claims but also patient injury.

Sharing Maternity Care
Ginger B. Boyle, MD, James W. Banks III, MD, Michael J. Petrizzi, MD, and Walter L. Larimore, MD
Access to maternity care is a public health concern in many rural areas. Sharing care among physicians and other health care providers is one solution.

5 Steps to a Performance Evaluation System
Judy Capko
Keep your staff productive and motivated by conducting regular performance evaluations.

GETTING PAID
Defining "Confined to the Home"
Kent J. Moore
Medicare has clarified its criteria for determining whether a patient is homebound.

CODING & DOCUMENTATION
Answers to Your Questions
Kent J. Moore
Type-2 diabetes & insulin • ECG & E/M • Removal of skin lesions • Retirement community visit • Hospital observation to inpatient status • Coding a tick bite • Ring removal • Sunday home visits • Confirmatory consultation codes • Cefobid

MONITOR
Congress averts 4.4 percent cut in Medicare reimbursement • Are you over-prescribing antibiotics? • HIPAA compliance at eleventh hour

IMPROVING PATIENT CARE
Maintaining a Medication List in the Chart
William R. Rooney, MD

A simple medication list updated at each visit can prevent errors - and make your job easier.

PRACTICE DIARY
Sanford J. Brown, MD
A fool for a patient • Mushrooming

COMPUTERS
An Introduction to Online CME
Bernard Sklar, MD, MS

Taking CME courses online doesn't require fancy computer equipment, just some spare time and a comfortable chair.

ASK FPM
Productivity-based salary reductions • Fraudulent hospital-discharge coding • Preventing embezzlement

BALANCING ACT
Overcoming Overload
Richard A. Swenson, MD
Lighten your load before it leads to burnout.