Jun 1999

Features

Think Twice Before Assuming Risk for Pharmacy Costs

David A. Smith

A Part-Time Practice Success Story

Brandi White

Developing a Successful Medical Group

H. Jeffrey Wilkins; Richard J. Pierotti; Robert J. Motley; Hal D. Cohan; James L. Conrad; R Lawrence Derstine; Peter Mertzanis; A. Douglas Bender

The FPM Authors Guide

Robert L. Edsall

Putting 'Life' Back Into Your Professional Life

John-Henry Pfifferling; Kay Gilley

Departments

Editor's Page

Do You Smell Smoke?
Robert L. Edsall

Editorial

Big Business and Bad Medicine
Thomas S. Duncan

Getting Paid

Improve Your Bottom Line With Patient Account Reps
Jack Valancy

Improving Patient Care

Improve Quality by Understanding Your Care Process
Louis Pol ; Amy Risch Rodie ; Benjamin F. Crabtree

Computers

Is Your Performance Data Online Yet?
David C. Kibbe

Surveys Find More Physicians Online
Amy J. Bennett

Salaried FP

Evaluating Bonuses and Incentives: The Basics
Kent J. Moore

Balancing Act

Still in Harmony: Karl Singer, MD
Jennifer S. Bush

Letters

• Favorite Covers

• Locum Tenens

• Voice Recognition Software

• Beeper Paging Systems

Coding & Documentation

• Finding the Right Fracture Code ... • ... And Determining What It Covers • Home Health Care Paperwork • Coding for Emergency Services • Codes for a Family-Member Visit • Separate Same-Day Services • Coding for Blood Glucose Testing

Monitor

• Collective Bargaining Advances in Texas, Illinois • Public Confidence in Medicine Continues to Rise • Seniors Not Receiving Covered Preventive Services • Opposition to Use of Hospitalists Grows • MedPartners Continues Exit From PPM Business • FDA Seeks to Reduce Accidental Drug Deaths

Ask FPM

• Getting Paid for Administrative Work • Confidentiality of Diagnoses • Office Manager Salaries

Practice Diary

• The Disgruntled Patient • Staying Visible • No-Shows • An ED Alternative

About the CME Quiz

AAFP members and FPM subscribers can take the CME quiz online at http://www.aafp.org/fpmquiz.

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