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20	20	PRACTICE EFFICIENCY 22 Tips for Improving Your Practice 'Good enough' is no longer good enough. For today's family practice, it's improve it or lose it. Rod Aymond
	43	E/M DOCUMENTATION Sneak Preview of the (Revised) Revised E/M Documentation Guidelines The more you learn about them now, the better prepared you'll be when they hit. Leigh Ann H. Backer
43	26	DISASTER PLANNING Could Your Office Cope With Disaster? Medical practices should remember the Boy Scout motto and be prepared for a day when the unexpected happens. Gerard Klinzing, MD, and Charles McClure, MD
	33	Rebuilding After a Fire The physicians in this practice didn't think disaster would strike. Learn from their experience and don't get caught unprepared. Clinton C. Sanford, MD, and Susan Smith
	36	ORGANIZATIONAL RESTRUCTURING Re-engineering a Family Practice Center The authors' success can be a lesson to physician groups as well as residency clinics. Robin Gotler, MA, George E. Kikano, MD, and Jack Valancy, MBA

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14	10	EDITORIAL An Alarming Case of Viagra Abuse Ted J. Stuart Jr., MD, MBA
	14	GETTING PAID How to Prevent a Prepayment Review From Becoming a No-Payment Review These three documentation tips may help you avoid a Medicare claim denial. Kent J. Moore
66	16	CODING AND DOCUMENTATION Answers to Your Questions Kent J. Moore
	17	MONITOR Accountability, measurement can increase performance • Patients value coordination of care, not 'gatekeeping' • Fraud-fighters suspected of fraud • Y2K Update: HCFA urges providers to test claims processing • New vaccine requirements • Market for primary care physicians cools a little • Rural physicians face challenges in providing high-quality care
	48	PRACTICE DIARY Seven Ways of Looking at Hepatitis C Sanford J. Brown, MD
	52	IMPROVING PATIENT CARE Practical Ways to Improve Patient Satisfaction With Visit Length Research points to two techniques that can prevent your patients from saying, 'My doctor didn't spend enough time with me.' George E. Kikano, MD, David A. Gross, MS, and Kurt C. Stange, MD, PhD
	54	COMPUTERS Four Tips for More Efficient Word Processing These easy-to-learn skills will help you make the most of your word processing software and your time Gil L. Solomon, MD
	57	ASK FPM Patient-discharge letter • Assignment agreements • Stark regulations
	66	BALANCING ACT What Your Body, Mind and Spirit Can Tell You Caring for yourself will enable you to take better care of your patients. Marshall O. Zaslove, MD
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	9	EDITOR'S PAGE
	13	LETTERS
	13	CHANGE-OF-ADDRESS FORM
	61	FPM QUIZ (EARN 4 HOURS OF CME CREDIT)
	63	CLASSIFIEDS
	65	AUTHORS GUIDE

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