Jan 2002

Features

Toward Sensitive Treatment of Obese Patients in Primary Care

Syed M. Ahmed; Jeanne Parr Lemkau; Sandra Lee Birt

"You Should See My Doctor": Cost-Effective Marketing Ideas for Your Practice

James Giovino

Tuning Up Your Patient Schedule

M. Kyu Chung

Departments

Editor's Page

Building a New Health Care System
Robert L. Edsall

Getting Paid

CPT: What's New in 2002?
Kent J. Moore

Improving Patient Care

Race and Preventive Services Delivery
Robin Gotler ; Robert L. Williams ; Susan A. Flocke ; George E. Kikano ; Kurt C. Stange

Computers

Looking for a Good Electronic Medical Records System?
Jennifer S. Bush

Balancing Act

The Forgotten Art of Setting Goals
Pamela J. Vaccaro

Letters

• Coding & Documentation: No Harder Than Biochemistry

• Dictation During Patient Visit: Tried It, Liked It

• Focused Residency Training Key to Future of Specialty

• Corrections

Coding & Documentation

• Preventive Care & the E/M Guidelines • Review of Blood-Gas Analysis • Draining a Hematoma

Monitor

• Medicare Physician Payments Face Significant Cuts • Helping Patients Surf the Web • Negative Encounter Log • Studies Document Impact of Direct-to-Consumer Ads, Rising Drug Spending • Physicians and Computers

Ask FPM

• Transcription in the Hospital • Free or Discounted Medications • Reimbursement for Frequent Home Visits

Practice Diary

• Locum Tenens • Job Security • The Oracle

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