How to Manage a Pertussis Outbreak in Your Practice
Michael P. Flanagan, MD, FAAFP
A physician shares the lessons he learned after unknowingly exposing patients and staff to whooping cough.

How to Answer Your Clinical Questions More Efficiently
Jeffrey M. Weinfeld, MD, and Kate Finkelstein, MLIS, AHIP
Asking focused questions and knowing where to look can lead to quicker answers.

Caring for Children: Re-examining the Family Physician's Role
Leigh Ann Backer
New research suggests that the care of children has become less central to family medicine than it used to be, and some family physicians want to reverse the trend.

GETTING PAID
What Makes a High-Earning Family Physician?
Jan Carter
A recent survey of active AAFP members found some surprising results.

CODING & DOCUMENTATION
Answers to Your Questions
Cindy Hughes, CPC
Decision making and 99215 • Billing separate services for ob patients • Immune globulin injections • Dilated eye exams

IMPROVING PATIENT CARE
The A to Z of Cross-Cultural Medicine
William Ventres, MD, MA, and Robert Gobbo, MD
Cultural differences need not separate us from our patients.

BALANCING ACT
Prioritizing Your Incoming Messages
Anna K. Cox-Havron
Decide which communications are urgent and tackle them first.

EDITOR'S PAGE
Coming Soon: A New FPM
Robert L. Edsall
A new, improved FPM is on the way, both in print and online.

LETTERS
Rolls-Royces and family medicine • Tests, tests and more tests • "Welcome to Medicare" visits • Update

MONITOR
Chronic care guidelines impossible to follow • AMA, AAFP take note of reimbursement problems • Malpractice award caps result in more physicians, better access • Bill would offer up to $15,000 for EHR implementation

PRACTICE DIARY
Sanford J. Brown, MD
CME • Informed consent

ASK FPM
Opting out of Medicare • Negotiating salary as a percentage of collections • Converting to numerical filing

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