Seven Ways to Help Your Hospital Stay in Business
Kathryn Stewart, MD, MPH
Your inpatient care decisions could make or break your local hospital.

Implementing an EMR System: One Clinic's Experience
Paul D. Smith, MD
This residency's implementation plan succeeded by leaving as little as possible to chance.

Dealing With a Health System That Fails to Honor Your Employment Agreement
David R. Dearden, JD
Vague contract language makes it tough - but not impossible - to make your case.

Caring for Frequent-Visit Patients
Robert D. Gillette, MD
Patients who keep coming back often require physicians to walk the line between diagnosis and judgment.

GETTING PAID
An Update on the E/M Codes and Documentation Guidelines
Kent J. Moore
There's a movement afoot to radically alter the way you choose the level of service of E/M codes.

CODING & DOCUMENTATION
Answers to Your Questions
Kent J. Moore
Documenting observation and admission • Defining an E/M service • NDC numbers on claims • Pharmacologic management • Mini Mental Status Exam

MONITOR
Supreme Court affirms "any willing provider" law • Family practice match numbers continue to decline • Doctors, hospitals try new response to medical errors • Practice pearls

IMPROVING PATIENT CARE
Group Visits 101
Suzanne Houck, Charles Kilo, MD, and John C. Scott, MD, FACP

Group visits can improve patient care and relieve you from the treadmill of office practice. Here's how to get started.

PRACTICE DIARY
Sanford J. Brown, MD
Office manager for a day • Life Insurance • A friend in need II

COMPUTERS
Evidence-Based-Medicine Tools for Your Palm-Top
Matt Lewis, MD
Personal digital assistants are the perfect solution for bringing evidence-based medicine to the point of care.

ASK FPM
Transition to open access • Medicare Secondary Payer forms • Billing for temporary physicians • Documentation forms for preventive exams

BALANCING ACT
Forget About Time Management
Pamela J. Vaccaro, MA, CSP
Focusing your attention is the key to getting more done.