Table of Contents

	Lead Article
	Managing Cardiology Care Family physicians and a cardiologist develop new understanding and useful tips in FPM's first roundtable discussion.

Nurse Practitioners: Growing Competition for Family Physicians Changes in state laws and strong consumer support make a discussion of the role of independent nurse practitioners unavoidable. Lyndia Flanagan

Disease Management: Who's Caring for Your Patients? The more you know about this strategy for improving quality and decreasing the cost of care, the better off your patients will be. David C. Kibbe, MD, MBA

Cover Story: In Search of an Effective Physician Compensation Formula Compensation may not be simple, but it can be (mostly) fair - even motivating. Here's the plan one family physician devised for his group. William R. Greenfield, MD

Departments

Editor's Page

Competition: The Challenge Isn't Turf, It's Bedrock
Robert L. Edsall

Letters

Population-based primary care · Patient resistance to managed care

Reimbursement Strategies

Coding & Documentation: Complying with prepayment requests for E/M documentation · Documentation checklists · Referrals from chiropractors · Scope of prolonged services codes· Fracture care in a nursing home

Kent J. Moore and Leigh Ann Henry

Medicare Update: Care Plan Oversight: New Codes, Same Old Medicare Policy

Kent J. Moore

Getting Paid: Use New Diagnosis Codes to Avoid Claim Denials

Kent J. Moore

Special Feature: Quick Reference List of ICD-9 Codes for Family Practice

Allen Daugird, MD, MBA, and Donald Spencer, MD, MBA

FPM Monitor

AAFP launches research initiative · Don't expect many Medicare choices soon · New HEDIS measures focus on care family physicians provide

Office Suite

Staff Management: Altruism in Practice Management: Caring for Your Staff

J. Michael Sytpak, MD

Marketing Tips: Remind Patients of Your Scope of Practice

James Kluzinski, MD

FPM Quiz

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

Practice Management Marketplace

FP Stats

Does Your IPA Act Like an HMO?

Instructions for Authors

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