May 2002
Features
Coding and Billing Software for Palm-Top Computers
Answers to Your Questions on Solo, Idealized Practice
HIPAA Compliance: How to Get an Extension
Enjoying Family Practice Despite It All
Departments
Editor's Page
Call for Peer Reviewers
Robert L. Edsall
Getting Paid
Dealing With Patients Who Don't Pay
Maria V. Ciletti
Improving Patient Care
Does Health Habit Advice Affect Patient Satisfaction?
Robin Gotler
;
David A. Barzilai
;
George E. Kikano
;
Kurt C. Stange
Salaried FP
A Productivity Primer
Kent J. Moore
Balancing Act
Reconnecting With the Joy of Medicine
W. Jefferson Pendergrast, Jr.
;
Jim Henry
Letters
Practice Diary: The Real Deal
Anticoagulation Device Accuracy
Coding & Documentation
Initial Hospital Care Codes Peak-Flow Rate and E/M Digital Nerve Block and Nail Removal
Monitor
HIPAA Privacy Rules Await Proposed Changes The Top 20 in 2000 Family Practice Match Numbers Drop Slightly; Fill Rate Goes Up Increase Revenue With Improved Coding While They Wait
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Benefits Trends Medicare Recredentialing Forms Collaborating With an NP
Practice Diary
Taking Advantage Low Overhead Search and Rescue Mentors
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