Nov-Dec 2002

Features

The HIPAA Privacy Rule: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

Alice G. Gosfield

Serving Up the Feedback Sandwich

Anne Dohrenwend

How to Help Your Low-Income Patients Get Prescription Drugs

Karen Montemayor

Departments

Editor's Page

A Piece of Your Mind
Robert L. Edsall

Editorial

What's in a Name?
Dale Glenn

Getting Paid

Another Ounce of Prevention
Kent J. Moore

Patient Education

Resources for Affordable Prescription Medicine
James Bare

Improving Patient Care

'Oh, by the Way ...': Agenda Setting in Office Visits
Kenneth P. Olson

Salaried FP

A Primer on Employment Contracts
Michael R. Burke

Balancing Act

How to Cope If You Feel Attracted to a Patient
Frances Spickerman

Letters

• Payment for Care Plan Oversight

• The Cost of Translation

Coding & Documentation

• Hospital Observation/Admission/Discharge • G0101 & E/M Services • ICD-9 Code for Tobacco Dependence

Monitor

• Despite Increased Health Care Costs, Consumer Confidence Rises • Jackson Hole Group Renews Push for Health Care Reform • How to Hire the Right Person • Resolving Loose Ends With Medicare

Ask FPM

• The Cost of Office Equipment • Acceptable Overhead • Patient Satisfaction Survey

Practice Diary

• Doctor's Day Off • Grounded! • Zero Tolerance

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AAFP members and FPM subscribers can take the CME quiz online at http://www.aafp.org/fpmquiz.

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