Table of Contents

	Lead Article
	Solo Practice: The Way of the Future Is there still a place for the rugged individualist in medicine? Here's one family physician who says, "Yes!" Douglas Iliff, MD

Selling Your Practice Doesn't Have to Mean Selling Out Now an employee of a large, corporate network, one family physician tells why selling his practice was the only way to survive. Rodger Rothenberger, MD

Business Loans Made Easy Thanks to a multibillion-dollar mistake by the government, loans for your practice are easier to get. Mark E. Battersby

	Cover Story
	Making Patient Care Easier Under Multiple Managed Care Plans Are formularies, preauthorizations and referrals driving you crazy? Here are some tips to help you manage the hassles of managed care. John Spicer

Departments

Editor's Page

Which Way to the Future?
Robert L. Edsall

Letters

Lions and tigers and elephants · When the 'customer' isn't right for your practice ·For the web surfers

Reimbursement Strategies

Getting Paid: Questions to Ask About Your Accounts Receivable
Judy Capko

FPM Monitor

Health care spending sets two records · Medicare crackdown nets $7.6 billion · Physicians organize in Northwest

Office Suite

Communication Skills: Reducing New Patients' Anxiety During the First Visit
Sloan Robinson, MD, and Joseph A. Lieberman III, MD, MPH

FPM Quiz

Earn 2 hours of AAFP Prescribed credit by reading articles in this issue.

Instructions for Authors

FP Stats

Patients Stand by Their HMOs

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