May 2005 Table of Contents

Features

The Danger of a Dysfunctional Medical Practice

John-Henry Pfifferling

Improving Telephone Management in Your Practice

George Conomikes

The New Model of Care in Family Medicine: What's In It For You?

Bruce A. Bagley

Is the New Model of Family Medicine Financially Viable?

Stephen J. Spann

Departments

Editor's Page

Working in a Toxic Environment

Robert L. Edsall

Editorial

A New Identity for Family Physicians

Hans Elzinga

Getting Paid

How to Document and Bill Care Plan Oversight

Betsy Nicoletti

Improving Patient Care

A Systematic Approach to Managing Warfarin Doses

Mark H. Ebell

Computers

Beyond Charting: Using Your EHR's Data to Improve Quality

Robin Helm ; James Slawson ; Beth Damitz ; Sandra Olsen

Balancing Act

Managing Stress From the Inside Out

Frances Spickerman

Coding & Documentation

• Diagnosis Code for Prescriptions • V Code for Well-Child Visit • Colonoscopy Consult • Latent Tuberculosis • Face-to-Face Requirements for E/M Visits • Exam for a Prospective Adoptive Parent • Allergen Immunotherapy Units • Fecal-occult Blood Tests

Ask FPM

• Can No-Pays Get the Heave-Ho? • Releasing Deceased Patients' Records • Open Access in an Academic Setting

Practice Diary

• Horses vs. Zebras VII • Remind Me

Monitor

• Doctors Protest Insurer's Rating Program • How to Report Complaints Against Insurers • Study Shows How Simple Interventions Can Increase Colorectal Screening • Patients Could Pay More for Unhealthy Lifestyles • Consumers Willing to Trade More Options for Lower Costs • Job Satisfaction Falls for U.S. Workers • Physicians Offer Pay-for-Performance Guidelines

Letters

• High Praise for Maintenance of Certification

• Human Touch Trumps Technology

• Coding ECG and IPPE

• Chaperoning Becomes Catch-22

• The "Aurora Rule"

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