Apr 1999

Features

Turtles and Rabbits: Family Physicians Under Time Pressure

Robert D. Gillette

A Team Approach to Quality Improvement

Miriam Schwarz; Suzanne E. Landis; John Rowe

Making Wellness Medicine Work

Sanford J. Brown

Reducing Delays and Waiting Times With Open-Office Scheduling

Sue Herriott

Departments

Editor's Page

When Practice Styles Clash
Robert L. Edsall

Getting Paid

Billing Medicare for Diabetes Self-Management Training
Kent J. Moore

Improving Patient Care

13 Ways to Be More Efficient
William D. Soper

Computers

A Comparison of Voice Recognition Programs
Thomas G. Savel

Salaried FP

Overcoming Roadblocks on the Path to the Boardroom
Richard E. Thompson

Balancing Act

Family Mission Statements
Marc L. Rivo

Letters

• Discouraging Cover

• Ambulatory-Only Care

• Coding Challenge

Coding & Documentation

• Coding a Combination Vaccine Administration • Billing for Preoperative Physicals • Disability Evaluations and Regular Office Visits • Payment for Family-Member Visits? • Coding for Routine Diabetes Follow-Up • Coding Foley Catheter Placement

Monitor

• Anti-Fraud Campaign Hits the Streets • Y2K Update: GAO Says HCFA Isn't Ready After All • Y2K Update: Health Care Worst Prepared, Says Senate Report • Match Numbers Drop Again for Family Practice • Physicians Targeted for Unionization Drive

Ask FPM

• Pediatricians Joining Family Physicians • Using "Reciprocal Billing" Arrangements • Contracting with MSOs • Medicare HMOs and Out-of-Network Providers

Practice Diary

• Mistaken First Impressions • An Office Manager With Connections • Getting Into Med School • Relaxing

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