Sep 2002

Features

A Job-Share Model for the New Millenium

Michael J. Worzniak; Margit Chadwell

Choosing a Practice Facility

Olivia K. Maresh

How Many Staff Members Do You Need?

Crystal S. Reeves

Departments

Editor's Page

Recreating Family Practice
Robert L. Edsall

Getting Paid

Using Advance Beneficiary Notices to Maximize Your Medicare Collections
Todd A. Rodriguez

Improving Patient Care

Getting a Grip on Your Phone Calls
Elizabeth Woodcock

Balancing Act

12 Tips for Increasing Your Job Satisfaction
Jennifer S. Bush

Letters

• Weighing the Costs and Benefits of Family Practice

• Pharmaceutical Freebies

• Corrections

Coding & Documentation

• Coding a Preoperative Visit • Coding Group Medical Visits • CPT Code for the Rapid Flu Test • ICD-9 Code for Sports Physicals • Manipulation & E/M

Monitor

• HIPAA Privacy Rule Modified • Liability Crisis Fuels Talk of Reform • An Average Workweek

Ask FPM

• Sick-leave Policy for Physicians and Midlevel Providers • Balancing Semi-Retirement and Overhead Costs • Open-Access Scheduling

Practice Diary

• Bartering • Trauma! • Toothache

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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