1999 Index
January to December 1999
AAFP
Academy Action (Letters), February 1999, p. 17.
Ground Rules for Dealing With Health Care Plans, February 1999, p. 33.
More Take-Home Messages From the AAFP Assembly, February 1999, p. 36.
Collective Bargaining Advances in Texas, Illinois (Monitor), June 1999, p. 15.
NPs and MDs Working Together (Letters), July/August 1999, p. 9.
Physician Groups Call for Universal Coverage (Monitor), July/August 1999, p. 15.
AAFP, AMIA Offer Guidance on Physician-Patient E-mail (Monitor), October 1999, p. 17.
AMA
AMA Delegates Vote to Create Union (Monitor), July/August 1999, p. 15.
AMA Union Won't Support Strikes (Monitor), November/December 1999, p. 16.
CAREER OPTIONS
A Physician's Guide to Locum Tenens, February 1999, p. 41.
Broke and Miserable (Letters), March 1999, p. 11.
Getting Into Med School (Diary), April 1999, p. 44.
Overcoming Roadblocks on the Path to the Boardroom, April 1999, p. 52.
Becoming an Effective Physician Leader, May 1999, p. 35.
Locum Tenens (Letters), June 1999, p. 9.
A Part-Time Practice Success Story, June 1999, p. 22.
The Ideal Physician Leader: A Family Physician (Editorial), July/August 1999, p. 8.
Becoming a Physician Executive: Where to Look Before Making the Leap, July/August 1999, p. 37.
Joy in Teaching, September 1999, p. 13.
Rewarding Work (Letters), November/December 1999, p. 10.
CODING AND DOCUMENTATION
Dubious Comfort From Medicare (Letters), January 1999, p. 13.
Coding Fractional Units of Service (Coding Q&A), January 1999, p. 16.
Documenting Medical Necessity for Tests (Coding Q&A), January 1999, p. 16.
Coding Tests for Therapeutic Levels (Coding Q&A), January 1999, p. 16.
Substitutions for Bulleted Exam Elements (Coding Q&A), January 1999, p. 16.
Same-Day Annual Exam and Flex Sig (Coding Q&A), January 1999, p. 16.
Consultation vs. ED Visit (Coding Q&A), January 1999, p. 16.
Coding Telephone Calls (Coding Q&A), January 1999, p. 16.
Coding a Sports Physical (Coding Q&A), January 1999, p. 16.
Coding a Test's Professional Component (Coding Q&A), January 1999, p. 16.
CPT Changes for 1999, February 1999, p. 23.
Differentiating Between New Patients ... And Established Patients (Coding Q&A), February 1999, p. 23.
Coding Repeat Procedures (Coding Q&A), February 1999, p. 24.
Codes for Motor Vehicle Accidents (Coding Q&A), February 1999, p. 24.
Discharging Hospitalized Patients (Coding Q&A), February 1999, p. 24.
When Preventive Visits Get Complicated (Coding Q&A), February 1999, p. 24.
Coding Treatment of "Road Rash" (Coding Q&A), March 1999, p. 18.
A Diagnosis Code for Poor Posture (Coding Q&A), March 1999, p. 18.
Destruction of Multiple Lesions (Coding Q&A), March 1999, p. 18.
Coding for House Calls (Coding Q&A), March 1999, p. 18.
Services in an Adult Day-Care Center (Coding Q&A), March 1999, p. 18.
Coding Inpatient Care of an Infant (Coding Q&A), March 1999, p. 18.
Observation Care or a Nursing Facility Admission? (Coding Q&A), March 1999, p. 18.
Getting Paid for FMLA Paperwork (Coding Q&A), March 1999, p. 18.
Take Charge of Coding: Don't Lose Income to Neglect, March 1999, p. 37.
Coding Challenge (Letters), April 1999, p. 9.
Coding a Combination Vaccine Administration (Coding Q&A), April 1999, p. 12.
Billing for Preoperative Physicals (Coding Q&A), April 1999, p. 12.
Disability Evaluations and Regular Office Visits (Coding Q&A), April 1999, p. 12.
Payment for Family-Member Visits? (Coding Q&A), April 1999, p. 12.
Coding for Routine Diabetes Follow-Up (Coding Q&A), April 1999, p. 12.
Coding Foley Catheter Placement (Coding Q&A), April 1999, p. 12.
Should You Modify Your Use of Modifiers? May 1999, p. 18.
Finding the Right Fracture Code .... And Determining What It Covers (Coding Q&A), June 1999, p. 12.
Home Health Care Paperwork (Coding Q&A), June 1999, p. 12.
Coding for Emergency Services (Coding Q&A), June 1999, p. 12.
Codes for a Family-Member Visit (Coding Q&A), June 1999, p. 12.
Separate Same-Day Services (Coding Q&A), June 1999, p. 12.
Coding for Blood Glucose Testing (Coding Q&A), June 1999, p. 12.
Payment for Extra Time (Coding Q&A), July/August 1999, p. 12. Correction: March 2001, p. 13.
Fine-Needle Aspiration (Coding Q&A), July/August 1999, p. 12.
Preadmission OB services (Coding Q&A), July/August 1999, p. 12.
Sports Physicals, Revisited (Coding Q&A), July/August 1999, p. 12. Correction: October 1999, p. 10.
Multiple Same-Day Tests (Coding Q&A), July/August 1999, p. 12.
Suture Removal (Coding Q&A), July/August 1999, p. 12.
A Summertime Vaccination (Coding Q&A), July/August 1999, p. 12.
Improve Your ICD-9 Coding Accuracy, July/August 1999, p. 27.
A Quick-Reference Card for Identifying Level-4 Visits, July/August 1999, p. 32.
The Draft Documentation Guidelines: Unloading the Last Straw (Editor's Page), September 1999, p. 9.
How to Prevent a Prepayment Review From Becoming a No-Payment Review, September 1999, p. 14.
Two Physicians, One Admission (Coding Q&A), September 1999, p. 16.
Two Physicians, One Delivery (Coding Q&A), September 1999, p. 16.
Coding a Limited Well-Woman Exam (Coding Q&A), September 1999, p. 16.
Re-established Patient (Coding Q&A), September 1999, p. 16.
Minor Procedures Without Their Own Codes (Coding Q&A), September 1999, p. 16.
Vitamin B-12 Injection (Coding Q&A), September 1999, p. 16.
X-ray Code Components (Coding Q&A), September 1999, p. 16.
Sneak Preview of the (Revised) Revised E/M Documentation Guidelines, September 1999, p. 43.
Examples of 99211 (Coding Q&A), October 1999, p. 16.
Administration of BCG Vaccine (Coding Q&A), October 1999, p. 16.
A Second Opinion (Coding Q&A), October 1999, p. 16.
Care Plan Oversight (Coding Q&A), October 1999, p. 16.
Routine Venipuncture With Office Visit Codes (Coding Q&A), October 1999, p. 16.
Fetal Non-Stress Test (Coding Q&A), October 1999, p. 16.
Pre-Op EKG (Coding Q&A), October 1999, p. 16.
Identifying Patterns of Over- and Undercoding, November/December 1999, p. 12.
Diagnostic Tests and an Office Visit (Coding Q&A), November/December 1999, p. 14.
Peak Flow and an Office Visit (Coding Q&A), November/December 1999, p. 14.
Coding Multiple Simultaneous Determinations (Coding Q&A), November/December 1999, p. 14.
Diagnosis Code for ADD (Coding Q&A), November/December 1999, p. 14.
Global Surgical Service Exclusions (Coding Q&A), November/December 1999, p. 14.
Chronic Conditions and Prevention in One Exam (Coding Q&A), November/December 1999, p. 14.
HCFA Delays Making ICD-9 Changes (Monitor), November/December 1999, p. 16.
E/M Documentation Guidelines Still on HCFA's Back Burner (Monitor), November/December 1999, p. 16.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Conflict 101, February 1999, p. 64.
A Lesson in Serving Patients (Diary), March 1999, p. 53.
Managing Patient Expectations (Letters), May 1999, p. 13.
Two-Way Communication (Letters), May 1999, p. 13.
Improving Patient Communication in No Time, May 1999, p. 23.
The Disgruntled Patient (Diary), June 1999, p. 44.
The Art of Nudging (Diary), July/August 1999, p. 46.
You Can't Always Get What You Want ... But Sometimes You Can, November/December 1999, p. 24.
COMPENSATION
Physicians Fare Well, Despite Managed Care (Monitor), January 1999, p. 18.
How Much Are You Paying Your Management Staff? (Monitor), February 1999, p. 25.
HMOs Sued Over Compensation Methods (Monitor), February 1999, p. 26.
How Salaried Physicians Are Being Paid (Monitor), May 1999, p. 20.
FPs and Productivity (Ask FPM), May 1999, p. 53.
Getting Paid for Administrative Work (Ask FPM), June 1999, p. 52.
Office Manager Salaries (Ask FPM), June 1999, p. 52.
Evaluating Bonuses and Incentives: The Basics, June 1999, p. 53.
Family Physicians See Small Income Gain (Monitor), July/August 1999, p. 15.
Bonuses and Incentives: Three Key Questions, July/August 1999, p. 51.
Fair Compensation (Ask FPM), October 1999, p. 48.
Physicians Working Harder to Maintain Income Levels (Monitor), November/December 1999, p. 16.
Compensation Plans, the IRS and Stark Laws (Ask FPM), November/December 1999, p. 49.
COMPUTERIZATION
Into the Wilds of the Web (Letters), January 1999, p. 13.
Y2K Update: Device Database Offers Compliance Updates (Monitor), January 1999, p. 17.
Y2K Update: Millennium Bug Isn't Just HCFA's Problem (Monitor), January 1999, p. 17.
Getting Patients Off Hold and Online, January 1999, p. 34.
E-mail (Diary), January 1999, p. 54.
Make Your Presentations More Powerful, January 1999, p. 58.
MEDLINE, January 1999, p. 59.
Y2K Update: HCFA 'Increasingly Optimistic' About Y2K Deadline (Monitor), February 1999, p. 26.
Embracing Technology (Diary), February 1999, p. 49.
Voice Recognition Software: A Tool for Encounter Notes, February 1999, p. 55. Correction: September 1999, p. 13.
Medical World Search, February 1999, p. 56.
Y2K Update: HCFA Says It'll Be Ready, But Will You? (Monitor), March 1999, p. 21.
Practicing Without Paper, March 1999, p. 40.
Computer Fix (Diary), March 1999, p. 53.
Three Sites for Patient Health Information, March 1999, p. 59.
Y2K Update: Health Care Worst Prepared, Says Senate Report (Monitor), April 1999, p. 17.
Y2K Update: GAO Says HCFA Isn't Ready After All (Monitor), April 1999, p. 17.
A Comparison of Voice Recognition Programs, April 1999, p. 48.
Medicare, 2000 and You, May 1999, p. 17.
Y2K Update: HCFA's Y2K Hotline Now Available (Monitor), May 1999, p. 20.
Y2K Update: OIG Finds Providers Lagging in Y2K Preparation (Monitor), May 1999, p. 20.
Electronic Data (Diary), May 1999, p. 48.
Organize Your Data With Microsoft Excel, May 1999, p. 51.
Clinical Decision Support From EDHome, May 1999, p. 52.
Voice Recognition Software (Letters), June 1999, p. 9.
Beeper Paging Systems (Letters), June 1999, p. 9.
Is Your Performance Data Online Yet? June 1999, p. 49.
Surveys Find More Physicians Online, June 1999, p. 50.
Guidelines and Flowcharts (Letters), July/August 1999, p. 9.
Y2K Update: More Medical Devices Found to Be Noncompliant (Monitor), July/August 1999, p. 15.
Rural Hospitals Struggling (Monitor), July/August 1999, p. 15.
WebMD: The Online Future for Physicians? July/August 1999, p. 48.
Y2K Update: HCFA Urges Providers to Test Claims Processing (Monitor), September 1999, p. 17.
Four Tips for More Efficient Word Processing, September 1999, p. 54.
Until the Lungs Are Removed... (Letters), October 1999, p. 10.
AAFP, AMIA Offer Guidance on Physician-Patient E-mail (Monitor), October 1999, p. 17.
A Last-Minute Y2K Survival Guide, October 1999, p. 21.
Y2K Update: Medicare Contractors, Providers Still Generally Unprepared (Monitor), November/December 1999, p. 16.
Patients, Physicians Support E-mail Communication (Monitor), November/December 1999, p. 16.
Avoiding Common Pitfalls in Selecting an EMR System, November/December 1999, p. 47.
COST-EFFECTIVE CARE
Where to Look for Good Clinical Policies, February 1999, p. 28.
How to Evaluate and Implement Clinical Policies, March 1999, p. 28.
Tips for Making Inpatient Care More Efficient, March 1999, p. 45.
When Practice Styles Clash (Editor's Page), April 1999, p. 8.
Turtles and Rabbits: Family Physicians Under Time Pressure, April 1999, p. 21.
Reducing Delays and Waiting Times With Open-Office Scheduling, April 1999, p. 38.
An ED Alternative (Diary), June 1999, p. 44.
Guidelines and Flowcharts (Letters), July/August 1999, p. 9.
Readers Speak Out on the Turtle vs. Rabbit Controversy, July/August 1999, p. 19.
Tips for Boosting Efficiency and Morale, July/August 1999, p. 47.
22 Tips for Improving Your Practice, September 1999, p. 20.
Improving Chronic Disease Care in the Real World: A Step-by-Step Approach, October 1999, p. 38.
EMPLOYED PHYSICIANS
Managed Care vs. MSAs (Letters), January 1999, p. 13.
Is There a Physician Union in Your Future? January 1999, p. 21.
Medalia: Why We Unionized, January 1999, p. 60.
A Physician's Guide to Locum Tenens, February 1999, p. 41.
An Expensive Dinner: Surviving a Failed Business Venture, February 1999, p. 45.
Broke and Miserable (Letters), March 1999, p. 11.
Overcoming Roadblocks on the Path to the Boardroom, April 1999, p. 52.
How Salaried Physicians Are Being Paid (Monitor), May 1999, p. 20.
Physicians Know Best (Letters), July/August 1999, p. 9.
Fair Compensation (Ask FPM), October 1999, p. 48.
What to Do When You've Lost Your Job, October 1999, p. 49.
FACILITIES & EQUIPMENT
Y2K Update: Device Database Offers Compliance Updates (Monitor), January 1999, p. 17.
Office Aesthetics (Diary), January 1999, p. 54.
A Lesson in Serving Patients (Diary), March 1999, p. 53.
Practicing in a Strip Mall (Ask FPM), March 1999, p. 54.
Optimal Practice Size (Ask FPM), May 1999, p. 53.
Could Your Office Cope With Disaster? September 1999, p. 26.
Rebuilding After a Fire, September 1999, p. 33.
A Last-Minute Y2K Survival Guide, October 1999, p. 21.
Avoiding Common Pitfalls in Selecting an EMR System, November/December 1999, p. 47.
FAMILY PRACTICE ISSUES
On MDs and DOs (Letters), January 1999, p. 13.
A Matter of Trust (Monitor), January 1999, p. 17.
Four Family Physicians Go to Washington (Monitor), January 1999, p. 18.
Family Practice Is Still Family Practice (Letters), February 1999, p. 12.
Collaboration, Not Supervision (Letters), February 1999, p. 12.
There's Room for Everyone (Letters), February 1999, p. 12.
NPs Are Here to Stay (Letters), February 1999, p. 12.
Turf Battles for the Insecure (Letters), February 1999, p. 12.
Priced Out of a Job (Letters), February 1999, p. 12.
The Good Old Days (Letters), February 1999, p. 17.
The NP's Role (Letters), February 1999, p. 17.
Academy Action (Letters), February 1999, p. 17.
The Future of Family Practice: A Glass Half Full? (Monitor), March 1999, p. 21.
Match Numbers Drop Again for Family Practice (Monitor), April 1999, p. 17.
NPs and MDs Working Together (Letters), July/August 1999, p. 9.
Family Physicians See Small Income Gain (Monitor), July/August 1999, p. 15.
Patients Value Coordination of Care, Not 'Gatekeeping' (Monitor), September 1999, p. 17.
Market for Primary Care Physicians Cools a Little (Monitor), September 1999, p. 17.
FPM (PUBLICATION)
Redesigned With You in Mind (Editor's Page), January 1999, p. 8.
Tools for Today's Family Physician: The FPM Curriculum (Editorial), January 1999, p. 10.
Into the Wilds of the Web (Letters), January 1999, p. 13.
FPM Articles on Patient Relations, January 1999, p. 51.
Bringing You Knowledge in Small Bites (Editor's Page), February 1999, p. 9.
Cover Critique (Letters), March 1999, p. 11.
Discouraging Cover (Letters), April 1999, p. 9.
Do You Smell Smoke? (Editor's Page), June 1999, p. 7.
Favorite Covers (Letters), June 1999, p. 9.
The FPM Authors Guide, June 1999, p. 33.
The Draft Documentation Guidelines: Unloading the Last Straw (Editor's Page), September 1999, p. 9.
Balancing Act (Letters), October 1999, p. 10.
Foolhardy Advice? (Letters), November/December 1999, p. 10.
HCFA Delays Making ICD-9 Changes (Monitor), November/December 1999, p. 16.
GOVERNMENT ISSUES & REGULATIONS
Four Family Physicians Go to Washington (Monitor), January 1999, p. 18.
PCPs and Stark II (Ask FPM), January 1999, p. 55.
Medicare Spending Slows; Leaders Call for More (Monitor), February 1999, p. 25.
ADA's Effect on Solo Practice (Ask FPM), May 1999, p. 53.
FDA Seeks to Reduce Accidental Drug Deaths (Monitor), June 1999, p. 15.
Collective Bargaining Advances in Texas, Illinois (Monitor), June 1999, p. 15.
Opposition to Use of Hospitalists Grows (Monitor), June 1999, p. 15.
HHS Expands 'Senior Patrols,' Billing Education (Monitor), July/August 1999, p. 15.
Physician Groups Call for Universal Coverage (Monitor), July/August 1999, p. 15.
GROUP PRACTICE
Group Practice Magic (Editor's Page), May 1999, p. 7.
This Is the Future? (Letters), May 1999, p. 13.
Physician-Owned Groups: The Best Strategy for Success, May 1999, p. 38.
A Case Study in Developing a Successful Medical Group, May 1999, p. 42.
Developing 'Groupthink' in a Multispecialty Group, May 1999, p. 45.
A Part-Time Practice Success Story, June 1999, p. 22.
Developing a Successful Medical Group, June 1999, p. 27.
Group Averages (Ask FPM), July/August 1999, p. 50.
A Team Approach to Reducing a Financial Deficit, November/December 1999, p. 51.
HEALTH CARE MARKETPLACE
National Health Care Spending Slows ... With Help From Medicare, Medicaid (Monitor), January 1999, p. 18.
Doctors Fleeing HMOs? (Monitor), February 1999, p. 25.
Studies Find Increasing Numbers of Uninsured (Monitor), February 1999, p. 26.
Boomers Will Demand Greater Accountability (Monitor), March 1999, p. 21.
HMO, POS Enrollment Slows; Overall Health Plan Costs Rise (Monitor), March 1999, p. 21.
Charity Care Suffers in Managed Care (Monitor), May 1999, p. 20.
Microchip Enables Precise Drug Delivery (Monitor), May 1999, p. 21.
Medical Group Acquisitions Drop (Monitor), May 1999, p. 21.
Public Confidence in Medicine Continues to Rise (Monitor), June 1999, p. 15.
Studies: Social Status Determines Health (Monitor), July/August 1999, p. 15.
Nonadherence Named 'Major Health Threat' (Monitor), October 1999, p. 17.
HOSPITAL-PHYSICIAN RELATIONS
Tips for Making Inpatient Care More Efficient, March 1999, p. 45.
HOSPITALISTS
The Benefits of the Hospitalist Movement (Letters), March 1999, p. 11.
Ambulatory-Only Care (Letters), April 1999, p. 9.
Opposition to Use of Hospitalists Grows (Monitor), June 1999, p. 15.
INTEGRATION MODELS
Group Practice Magic (Editor's Page), May 1999, p. 7.
This Is the Future? (Letters), May 1999, p. 13.
Physician-Owned Groups: The Best Strategy for Success, May 1999, p. 38.
A Case Study in Developing a Successful Medical Group, May 1999, p. 42.
Developing 'Groupthink' in a Multispecialty Group, May 1999, p. 45.
Big Business and Bad Medicine (Editorial), June 1999, p. 8.
MedPartners Continues Exit From PPM Business (Monitor), June 1999, p. 15.
Developing a Successful Medical Group, June 1999, p. 27.
Physicians Know Best (Letters), July/August 1999, p. 9.
Financial Crisis to Hit Calif. Medical Groups, Says CMA (Monitor), October 1999, p. 17.
Smaller Is Looking Better (Editor's Page), November/December 1999, p. 8.
INTERSPECIALTY ISSUES
Pediatricians Joining Family Physicians (Ask FPM), April 1999, p. 50.
Developing 'Groupthink' in a Multispecialty Group, May 1999, p. 45.
LEADERSHIP
Overcoming Roadblocks on the Path to the Boardroom, April 1999, p. 52.
Becoming an Effective Physician Leader, May 1999, p. 35.
The Ideal Physician Leader: A Family Physician (Editorial), July/August 1999, p. 8.
Becoming a Physician Executive: Where to Look Before Making the Leap, July/August 1999, p. 37.
LIABILITY ISSUES
Who Can Sign Your Prescriptions? (Ask FPM), January 1999, p. 55.
PCPs and Stark II (Ask FPM), January 1999, p. 55.
Legal Risks of Giving a Reference (Ask FPM), February 1999, p. 50.
Anti-Fraud Campaign Hits the Streets (Monitor), April 1999, p. 17.
Malpractice (Diary), May 1999, p. 48.
Confidentiality of Diagnoses (Ask FPM), June 1999, p. 52.
Handling an EEO Complaint (Ask FPM), July/August 1999, p. 50.
Intoxicated Patients (Ask FPM), July/August 1999, p. 50.
Fraud-Fighters Suspected of Fraud (Monitor), September 1999, p. 17.
Stark Regulations (Ask FPM), September 1999, p. 57.
Patient-Discharge Letter (Ask FPM), September 1999, p. 57.
Preventing and Responding to Sexual Harassment, October 1999, p. 32.
Problem Patient (Ask FPM), October 1999, p. 48.
Sexual Harassment Update (Letters), November/December 1999, p. 10.
Transcribing Encounter Notes (Ask FPM), November/December 1999, p. 49.
Compensation Plans, the IRS and Stark Laws (Ask FPM), November/December 1999, p. 49.
LIFE BALANCE
Six Ways to Make Play a Priority, January 1999, p. 68.
Tips for Life Balance and Time Management, March 1999, p. 66.
Relaxing (Diary), April 1999, p. 44.
Family Mission Statements, April 1999, p. 60.
Get a Life by Clearing the Clutter, May 1999, p. 60.
Do You Smell Smoke? (Editor's Page), June 1999, p. 7.
A Part-Time Practice Success Story, June 1999, p. 22.
Putting 'Life' Back Into Your Professional Life, June 1999, p. 36.
Still in Harmony: Karl Singer, MD, June 1999, p. 62.
Learning to Relax (Letters), September 1999, p. 13.
Joy in Teaching, September 1999, p. 13.
Make the Most of What You Have (Letters), September 1999, p. 13.
Joy and Faith (Letters), September 1999, p. 13.
Cutting Back (Letters), September 1999, p. 13.
What Your Body, Mind and Spirit Can Tell You, September 1999, p. 66.
Medicine Is About Sacrifice (Letters), October 1999, p. 10.
Julia's Tree (Diary), October 1999, p. 44.
Relighting Your Fire, October 1999, p. 60.
Do the Holidays Leave You Feeling Snowed Under? November/December 1999, p. 68.
MANAGED CARE
Managed Care vs. MSAs (Letters), January 1999, p. 13.
HMO Lets Doctors Choose Referral Physicians (Monitor), January 1999, p. 17.
Doctors Fleeing HMOs? (Monitor), February 1999, p. 25.
HMOs Sued Over Compensation Methods (Monitor), February 1999, p. 26.
Ground Rules for Dealing With Health Care Plans, February 1999, p. 33.
More Take-Home Messages From the AAFP Assembly, February 1999, p. 36.
An Expensive Dinner: Surviving a Failed Business Venture, February 1999, p. 45.
Getting Along With Insurers (Diary), February 1999, p. 49.
Rescuing Managed Care from the Wreckage of Managed Care (Editor's Page), March 1999, p. 8.
HMO, POS Enrollment Slows; Overall Health Plan Costs Rise (Monitor), March 1999, p. 21.
New York HMO Complaints Double (Monitor), March 1999, p. 22.
Waiving a Co-Payment (Ask FPM), March 1999, p. 54.
Contracting with MSOs (Ask FPM), April 1999, p. 50.
Enough, Already! (Letters), May 1999, p. 13.
Charity Care Suffers in Managed Care (Monitor), May 1999, p. 20.
Opposition to Use of Hospitalists Grows (Monitor), June 1999, p. 15.
Redefining Corporate Medicine (Editorial), October 1999, p. 9.
Health Plan to Begin Dispatching Ambulances (Monitor), October 1999, p. 17.
Survey Looks at Health Plan Denials (Monitor), October 1999, p. 17.
Smaller Is Looking Better (Editor's Page), November/December 1999, p. 8.
Americans Don't Know What 'Managed Care' Means (Monitor), November/December 1999, p. 16.
Disintegration: How Employed Doctors Are Landing on Their Feet, November/December 1999, p. 36.
The Physician-Patient Relationship (Ask FPM), November/December 1999, p. 49.
MEDICARE/MEDICAID
Dubious Comfort From Medicare (Letters), January 1999, p. 13.
Three New Year's Resolutions from Medicare, January 1999, p. 14.
Y2K Update: Millennium Bug Isn't Just HCFA's Problem (Monitor), January 1999, p. 17.
National Health Care Spending Slows ... With Help From Medicare, Medicaid (Monitor), January 1999, p. 18.
Medicaid and "Teaching Physician" Rules (Ask FPM), January 1999, p. 55.
PCPs and Stark II (Ask FPM), January 1999, p. 55.
Medicare Spending Slows; Leaders Call for More (Monitor), February 1999, p. 25.
Y2K Update: HCFA 'Increasingly Optimistic' About Y2K Deadline (Monitor), February 1999, p. 26.
Medicare HMOs and "Teaching Physician" Rules (Ask FPM), February 1999, p. 50.
Y2K Update: HCFA Says It'll Be Ready, But Will You? (Monitor), March 1999, p. 21.
Medicare Overpayments Continue to Fall (Monitor), March 1999, p. 22.
Billing Medicare for Diabetes Self-Management Training, April 1999, p. 10.
Anti-Fraud Campaign Hits the Streets (Monitor), April 1999, p. 17.
Y2K Update: GAO Says HCFA Isn't Ready After All (Monitor), April 1999, p. 17.
Medicare HMOs and Out-of-Network Providers (Ask FPM), April 1999, p. 50.
Using "Reciprocal Billing" Arrangements (Ask FPM), April 1999, p. 50.
Medicare, 2000 and You, May 1999, p. 17.
Y2K Update: HCFA's Y2K Hotline Now Available (Monitor), May 1999, p. 20.
QI Brings Improvements in Medicare (Monitor), May 1999, p. 21.
Seniors Not Receiving Covered Preventive Services (Monitor), June 1999, p. 15.
How Medicare Views Concurrent Care, July/August 1999, p. 10.
HHS Expands 'Senior Patrols,' Billing Education (Monitor), July/August 1999, p. 15.
How to Prevent a Prepayment Review From Becoming a No-Payment Review, September 1999, p. 14.
Fraud-Fighters Suspected of Fraud (Monitor), September 1999, p. 17.
Y2K Update: HCFA Urges Providers to Test Claims Processing (Monitor), September 1999, p. 17.
Sneak Preview of the (Revised) Revised E/M Documentation Guidelines, September 1999, p. 43.
What to Tell Your Patients When Their Medicare Managed Care Plan Quits, October 1999, p. 13.
Identifying Patterns of Over- and Undercoding, November/December 1999, p. 12.
Y2K Update: Medicare Contractors, Providers Still Generally Unprepared (Monitor), November/December 1999, p. 16.
MIDLEVEL PROVIDERS
Who Can Sign Your Prescriptions? (Ask FPM), January 1999, p. 55.
Family Practice Is Still Family Practice (Letters), February 1999, p. 12.
Collaboration, Not Supervision (Letters), February 1999, p. 12.
There's Room for Everyone (Letters), February 1999, p. 12.
NPs Are Here to Stay (Letters), February 1999, p. 12.
Turf Battles for the Insecure (Letters), February 1999, p. 12.
Priced Out of a Job (Letters), February 1999, p. 12.
The Good Old Days (Letters), February 1999, p. 17.
The NP's Role (Letters), February 1999, p. 17.
Academy Action (Letters), February 1999, p. 17.
Teaming Up Physicians and Midlevel Providers (Ask FPM), February 1999, p. 50.
Supervising MLPs (Ask FPM), May 1999, p. 53.
NEGOTIATION & CONTRACTING
Is There a Physician Union in Your Future? January 1999, p. 21.
Medalia: Why We Unionized, January 1999, p. 60.
Ground Rules for Dealing With Health Care Plans, February 1999, p. 33.
A Physician's Guide to Locum Tenens, February 1999, p. 41.
An Expensive Dinner: Surviving a Failed Business Venture, February 1999, p. 45.
Broke and Miserable (Letters), March 1999, p. 11.
Contracting with MSOs (Ask FPM), April 1999, p. 50.
Locum Tenens (Letters), June 1999, p. 9.
Collective Bargaining Advances in Texas, Illinois (Monitor), June 1999, p. 15.
Think Twice Before Assuming Risk for Pharmacy Costs, June 1999, p. 17.
Evaluating Bonuses and Incentives: The Basics, June 1999, p. 53.
Bonuses and Incentives: Three Key Questions, July/August 1999, p. 51.
Rewarding Work (Letters), November/December 1999, p. 10.
You Can't Always Get What You Want ... But Sometimes You Can, November/December 1999, p. 24.
OFFICE MANAGEMENT
How Does Your Practice Sound on the Phone? January 1999, p. 45.
Old Charts (Diary), January 1999, p. 54.
Hands On (Diary), January 1999, p. 54.
Tracking ED Use (Ask FPM), January 1999, p. 55.
Implementing a Policy for Same-Day Payments, February 1999, p. 18.
Time Savers, February 1999, p. 53.
What to Consider When Choosing a Billing Service, March 1999, p. 15.
Take Charge of Coding: Don't Lose Income to Neglect, March 1999, p. 37.
Practicing Without Paper, March 1999, p. 40.
A Team Approach to Quality Improvement, April 1999, p. 25.
Reducing Delays and Waiting Times With Open-Office Scheduling, April 1999, p. 38.
13 Ways to Be More Efficient, April 1999, p. 47.
Holding the Gains in Quality Improvement, May 1999, p. 29.
Finding Diamonds in the Trenches With the Nominal Group Process, May 1999, p. 49.
Improve Your Bottom Line With Patient Account Reps, June 1999, p. 10.
Staying Visible (Diary), June 1999, p. 44.
No-Shows (Diary), June 1999, p. 44.
Improve Quality by Understanding Your Care Process, June 1999, p. 45.
Thriving on Money (Letters), July/August 1999, p. 9.
Drug Reps (Diary), July/August 1999, p. 46.
Tips for Boosting Efficiency and Morale, July/August 1999, p. 47.
22 Tips for Improving Your Practice, September 1999, p. 20.
Could Your Office Cope With Disaster? September 1999, p. 26.
Rebuilding After a Fire, September 1999, p. 33.
Re-engineering a Family Practice Center, September 1999, p. 36.
Job Satisfaction: Putting Theory Into Practice, October 1999, p. 26.
Starting Early (Diary), October 1999, p. 44.
Setting Group Goals, October 1999, p. 47.
FMLA Forms (Ask FPM), October 1999, p. 48.
Problem Patient (Ask FPM), October 1999, p. 48.
Using Standardized Admit Orders to Improve Inpatient Care, November/December 1999, p. 30.
Building a Patient Registry From the Ground Up, November/December 1999, p. 43.
PATIENT RELATIONS
Patient Education (Letters), January 1999, p. 13.
On MDs and DOs (Letters), January 1999, p. 13.
Groups Call for Patient Privacy Improvements (Monitor), January 1999, p. 17.
Strengthening Relationships With Your Patients, January 1999, p. 33.
Getting Patients Off Hold and Online, January 1999, p. 34.
Measuring Patient Satisfaction: How to Do It and Why to Bother, January 1999, p. 40.
How Does Your Practice Sound on the Phone? January 1999, p. 45.
Why I Fired My Family Doctor, January 1999, p. 49.
FPM Articles on Patient Relations, January 1999, p. 51.
Customer Service (Diary), February 1999, p. 49.
A Broader View of Patient Education, February 1999, p. 53.
Making Wellness Medicine Work, April 1999, p. 33.
Reducing Delays and Waiting Times With Open-Office Scheduling, April 1999, p. 38.
Mistaken First Impressions (Diary), April 1999, p. 44.
Managing Patient Expectations (Letters), May 1999, p. 13.
Two-Way Communication (Letters), May 1999, p. 13.
Improving Patient Communication in No Time, May 1999, p. 23.
Endurance (Diary), May 1999, p. 48.
Diets (Diary), May 1999, p. 48.
Finding Diamonds in the Trenches With the Nominal Group Process, May 1999, p. 49.
The Disgruntled Patient (Diary), June 1999, p. 44.
Staying Visible (Diary), June 1999, p. 44.
Confidentiality of Diagnoses (Ask FPM), June 1999, p. 52.
The Patient vs. Physician Relationship (Editor's Page), July/August 1999, p. 7.
Close Calls (Diary), July/August 1999, p. 46.
Routines (Diary), July/August, p. 46.
Intoxicated Patients (Ask FPM), July/August 1999, p. 50.
An Alarming Case of Viagra Abuse (Editorial), September 1999, p. 10.
Seven Ways of Looking at Hepatitis C (Diary), September 1999, p. 48.
Practical Ways to Improve Patient Satisfaction With Visit Length, September 1999, p. 52.
Patient-Discharge Letter (Ask FPM), September 1999, p. 57.
Are Your Patients Telling the Whole Truth? (Monitor), October 1999, p. 17.
Nonadherence Named 'Major Health Threat' (Monitor), October 1999, p. 17.
Starting Early (Diary), October 1999, p. 44.
Problem Patient (Ask FPM), October 1999, p. 48.
Teens Seeking STD Services Place Importance on Provider Traits (Monitor), November/December 1999, p. 16.
What Does Walt Disney Know About Patient Satisfaction? November/December 1999, p. 33.
Patient Compliance (Diary), November/December 1999, p. 46.
The Doctor-Patient Relationship (Diary), November/December 1999, p. 46.
PHYSICIAN PROFILING
Is Your Performance Data Online Yet? June 1999, p. 49.
Physician Report Cards Receive Low Grade (Monitor), July/August 1999, p. 15.
Is There a Leading Physician in the House? (Editor's Page), October 1999, p. 8.
PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT
Nine Keys to Better Recruiting, January 1999, p. 26.
Practicing in a Strip Mall (Ask FPM), March 1999, p. 54.
Beginning With a Vision, March 1999, p. 57.
Optimal Practice Size (Ask FPM), May 1999, p. 53.
PRACTICE FINANCE
Implementing a Policy for Same-Day Payments, February 1999, p. 18.
Patients Should Pay (Letters), March 1999, p. 11.
Discounting Self-Pay Patients (Ask FPM), March 1999, p. 54.
Balance Billing HMO Patients (Ask FPM), March 1999, p. 54.
Think Twice Before Assuming Risk for Pharmacy Costs, June 1999, p. 17.
Monitoring Your Practice's Financial Data: 10 Vital Signs, July/August 1999, p. 42.
Four Steps for Improving Efficiency and Cash Flow, October 1999, p. 14.
A Team Approach to Reducing a Financial Deficit, November/December 1999, p. 51.
PRACTICE SALES & MERGERS
An Expensive Dinner: Surviving a Failed Business Venture, February 1999, p. 45.
Medical Group Acquisitions Drop (Monitor), May 1999, p. 21.
MedPartners Continues Exit From PPM Business (Monitor), June 1999, p. 15.
Physicians Know Best (Letters), July/August 1999, p. 9.
Disintegration: How Employed Doctors Are Landing on Their Feet, November/December 1999, p. 36.
QUALITY ISSUES
Groups Call for Patient Privacy Improvements (Monitor), January 1999, p. 17.
Measuring Patient Satisfaction: How to Do It and Why to Bother, January 1999, p. 40.
How Does Your Practice Sound on the Phone? January 1999, p. 45.
Are Your Patients Getting the Preventive Services They Need? January 1999, p. 56.
Site Offers One-Stop Shopping for Clinical Policies (Monitor), February 1999, p. 25.
Where to Look for Good Clinical Policies, February 1999, p. 28.
Groups Collaborate on Performance Measures (Monitor), March 1999, p. 22.
Quality Improvement: First Steps, March 1999, p. 23.
How to Evaluate and Implement Clinical Policies, March 1999, p. 28.
Tips for Making Inpatient Care More Efficient, March 1999, p. 45.
Beginning With a Vision, March 1999, p. 57.
A Team Approach to Quality Improvement, April 1999, p. 25.
Making Wellness Medicine Work, April 1999, p. 33.
13 Ways to Be More Efficient, April 1999, p. 47.
AHCPR Announces New Prevention Topics (Monitor), May 1999, p. 20.
QI Brings Improvements in Medicare (Monitor), May 1999, p. 21.
Holding the Gains in Quality Improvement, May 1999, p. 29.
Finding Diamonds in the Trenches With the Nominal Group Process, May 1999, p. 49.
FDA Seeks to Reduce Accidental Drug Deaths (Monitor), June 1999, p. 15.
Seniors Not Receiving Covered Preventive Services (Monitor), June 1999, p. 15.
Improve Quality by Understanding Your Care Process, June 1999, p. 45.
Guidelines and Flowcharts (Letters), July/August 1999, p. 9.
Physician Report Cards Receive Low Grade (Monitor), July/August 1999, p. 15.
Accountability, Measurement Can Increase Performance (Monitor), September 1999, p. 17.
Rural Physicians Face Challenges in Providing High-Quality Care (Monitor), September 1999, p. 17.
New Vaccine Requirements (Monitor), September 1999, p. 17.
22 Tips for Improving Your Practice, September 1999, p. 20.
Re-engineering a Family Practice Center, September 1999, p. 36.
Seven Ways of Looking at Hepatitis C (Diary), September 1999, p. 48.
Practical Ways to Improve Patient Satisfaction With Visit Length, September 1999, p. 52.
Nation Meets 15 Percent of Health Goals (Monitor), October 1999, p. 17.
Improving Chronic Disease Care in the Real World: A Step-by-Step Approach, October 1999, p. 38.
Horses vs. Zebras (Diary), October 1999, p. 44.
Setting Group Goals, October 1999, p. 47.
Using Standardized Admit Orders to Improve Inpatient Care, November/December 1999, p. 30.
REFERRAL MANAGEMENT
HMO Lets Doctors Choose Referral Physicians (Monitor), January 1999, p. 17.
PCPs and Stark II (Ask FPM), January 1999, p. 55.
Mystery Diagnosis (Diary), March 1999, p. 53.
A Picture Is Worth ... (Diary), November/December 1999, p. 46.
REIMBURSEMENT
Three New Year's Resolutions from Medicare, January 1999, p. 14.
Implementing a Policy for Same-Day Payments, February 1999, p. 18.
Small Victories (Diary), February 1999, p. 49.
Patients Should Pay (Letters), March 1999, p. 11.
What to Consider When Choosing a Billing Service, March 1999, p. 15.
Take Charge of Coding: Don't Lose Income to Neglect, March 1999, p. 37.
Balance Billing HMO Patients (Ask FPM), March 1999, p. 54.
Discounting Self-Pay Patients (Ask FPM), March 1999, p. 54.
Waiving a Co-Payment (Ask FPM), March 1999, p. 54.
Billing Medicare for Diabetes Self-Management Training, April 1999, p. 10.
Using "Reciprocal Billing" Arrangements (Ask FPM), April 1999, p. 50.
Medicare, 2000 and You, May 1999, p. 17.
Improve Your Bottom Line With Patient Account Reps, June 1999, p. 10.
How Medicare Views Concurrent Care, July/August 1999, p. 10.
Improve Your ICD-9 Coding Accuracy, July/August 1999, p. 27.
A Quick-Reference Card for Identifying Level-4 Visits, July/August 1999, p. 32.
Monitoring Your Practice's Financial Data: 10 Vital Signs, July/August 1999, p. 42.
How to Prevent a Prepayment Review From Becoming a No-Payment Review, September 1999, p. 14.
Sneak Preview of the (Revised) Revised E/M Documentation Guidelines, September 1999, p. 43.
Assignment Agreements (Ask FPM), September 1999, p. 57.
What to Tell Your Patients When Their Medicare Managed Care Plan Quits, October 1999, p. 13.
Survey Looks at Health Plan Denials (Monitor), October 1999, p. 17.
When to Bill for a Consultation, November/December 1999, p. 11.
Identifying Patterns of Over- and Undercoding, November/December 1999, p. 12.
RURAL PRACTICE
Rural Physicians Face Challenges in Providing High-Quality Care (Monitor), September 1999, p. 17.
SOLO PRACTICE
Hands On (Diary), January 1999, p. 54.
Flying Solo (Editorial), May 1999, p. 8.
ADA's Effect on Solo Practice (Ask FPM), May 1999, p. 53.
STAFFING
Nine Keys to Better Recruiting, January 1999, p. 26.
Staff Appreciation (Diary), January 1999, p. 54.
How Much Are You Paying Your Management Staff? (Monitor), February 1999, p. 25.
Legal Risks of Giving a Reference (Ask FPM), February 1999, p. 50.
An Office Manager With Connections (Diary), April 1999, p. 44.
Office Manager Salaries (Ask FPM), June 1999, p. 52.
Tips for Boosting Efficiency and Morale, July/August 1999, p. 47.
Handling an EEO Complaint (Ask FPM), July/August 1999, p. 50.
Job Satisfaction: Putting Theory Into Practice, October 1999, p. 26.
Preventing and Responding to Sexual Harassment, October 1999, p. 32.
Sexual Harassment Update (Letters), November/December 1999, p. 10.
STRESS & CHANGE
Conflict 101, February 1999, p. 64.
Endurance (Diary), May 1999, p. 48.
Putting 'Life' Back Into Your Professional Life, June 1999, p. 36.
Could Your Office Cope With Disaster? September 1999, p. 26.
Rebuilding After a Fire, September 1999, p. 33.
What to Do When You've Lost Your Job, October 1999, p. 49.
Relighting Your Fire, October 1999, p. 60.
TIME MANAGEMENT
Time Savers, February 1999, p. 53.
Tips for Life Balance and Time Management, March 1999, p. 66.
When Practice Styles Clash (Editor's Page), April 1999, p. 8.
Turtles and Rabbits: Family Physicians Under Time Pressure, April 1999, p. 21.
13 Ways to Be More Efficient, April 1999, p. 47.
Get a Life by Clearing the Clutter, May 1999, p. 60.
Do You Smell Smoke? (Editor's Page), June 1999, p. 7.
Thriving on Money (Letters), July/August 1999, p. 9.
Readers Speak Out on the Turtle vs. Rabbit Controversy, July/August 1999, p. 19.
Kick the Procrastination Habit, July/August 1999, p. 60.
Cutting Back (Letters), September 1999, p. 13.
Do the Holidays Leave You Feeling Snowed Under? November/December 1999, p. 68.
UNIONS
Is There a Physician Union in Your Future? January 1999, p. 21.
Medalia: Why We Unionized, January 1999, p. 60.
Physicians Targeted for Unionization Drive (Monitor), April 1999, p. 17.
Collective Bargaining Advances in Texas, Illinois (Monitor), June 1999, p. 15.
AMA Delegates Vote to Create Union (Monitor), July/August 1999, p. 15.
AMA Union Won't Support Strikes (Monitor), November/December 1999, p. 16.
WEB SITES
Into the Wilds of the Web (Letters), January 1999, p. 13.
MEDLINE, January 1999, p. 59.
Site Offers One-Stop Shopping for Clinical Policies (Monitor), February 1999, p. 25.
Medical World Search, February 1999, p. 56.
Three Sites for Patient Health Information, March 1999, p. 59.
Clinical Decision Support From EDHome, May 1999, p. 52.
Is Your Performance Data Online Yet? June 1999, p. 49.
WebMD: The Online Future for Physicians? July/August 1999, p. 48.
Is There a Leading Physician in the House? (Editor's Page), October 1999, p. 8.
