Mar 2000

Features

Documentation Tips for Reducing Malpractice Risk

Peter G. Teichman

Regrouping After Disintegration

Rod Aymond; Theodore Hariton

A Model for Successful Rural Practice

Scott Rollins

Helping Patients Take Charge of Their Chronic Illnesses

Martha M. Funnell

Departments

Editor's Page

Is the Doctor-Patient Relationship Finally Growing Up?
Robert L. Edsall

Getting Paid

Getting New Physicians Credentialed Quickly
Kent J. Moore

Improving Patient Care

Are You Practicing 'Opportunistic' Prevention?
George E. Kikano ; Susan A. Flocke ; Robin Gotler ; Kurt C. Stange

Balancing Act

Which Type of Planner Is Right for You?
Pamela J. Vaccaro

Coding & Documentation

• Drug Screens • Coding Pelvic Exams • Suture Removal • Preventive Medicine • ICD-9 Code for a Strained Trapezius Muscle

Ask FPM

• RVUs and Established Patient Visits • Treating Family Members • Unlawful Restraint of Trade?

Practice Diary

• Caring for Family • Making It • HealthTrends

Monitor

• Informed Choice Rare in Health Care • Better-Performing Groups Pay More, Generate More • Quality Doesn't Ensure Profitability for HMOs • Physicians Influenced by Pharmaceutical Perks • Quality of Care Varies Widely Among Medicaid Health Plans • More Patients to Shop Online for Health Products • White Coats: Doctors Deliberate Hemlines

Letters

• What About Solo Docs?

• On the Other Hand ...

• Victim of Disintegration

• Important Code for FPs

• Stark and Rural Offices

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