May 2001
Features
'Work Smarter, Not Harder' to Save Your Practice Money
Electronic Paper & Pencil: How to Develop Your Own Low-Cost Electronic Medical Record
Coping With the Stress of Being Sued
Departments
Editor's Page
Tech Shock and the Virtues of Incrementalism
Robert L. Edsall
Getting Paid
An Update on Certifying Home Health Care
Kent J. Moore
Improving Patient Care
Putting Clinical Guidelines Into Practice
Brian Schulte
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Erin L. O'Hea
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Patricia Darling
Computers
Using Your Palm-Top's Date Book as a Reminder System
Matt Lewis
Balancing Act
Spirituality and Your Practice
William Zeckhausen
Coding & Documentation
E/M Code + Procedure Code? "Incident to" Billing Normal Newborn Care Lab Results Review, Revisited
Ask FPM
Charging for Forms Patient Appointment Software Practice Start-Up Resources RVUs and Compensation
Practice Diary
Anthony On-The-Job Training Self-Care
Monitor
Family Practice Match Numbers Drop Again HIPAA Privacy Rules Take Effect Ask "Why" Five Times Improving the History and Exam Warning! Poor Employee Performance Back to the Basics Great Expectations Nature and Well-Being Health Care Racketeering How Would You Fix Medicare? Continuity Works Ask Your Rabbi Medicaid's Mysteries Revealed
Letters
Compliance: A Lose-Lose Situation?
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