Jun 2003

Features

Time Is of the Essence: Coding on the Basis of Time for Physician Services

Aris Sophocles

Demystifying Common Terms in Employment Agreements

Michael R. Burke

Questions You Should Ask When Hiring

Peter A. Cardinal

10 Ways Family Practices Lose Money

Keith C. Borglum

Departments

Editor's Page

Trouble at the Money/Medicine Interface
Robert L. Edsall

Getting Paid

Diagnostic Testing and Medicare: How to Get Paid Without Getting in Trouble
Alice G. Gosfield

Improving Patient Care

Focusing on Today's Visit
James W. Redka

Computers

Open-Source Software: Just What the Doctor Ordered?
Jennifer S. Bush

Balancing Act

A Funny Thing Happened Today at the Office
Melanie Boock

Coding & Documentation

• Coding Multiple New Problems • Swing-Bed Status

Ask FPM

• Offering Health Benefits • Governance Rights • Employment Agreements

Practice Diary

• A Complicated Case • Horses vs. Zebras IV • Old Myths Die Hard

Monitor

• Health Professionals' Education System Needs "Overhaul," Says IOM • New Program Pays Docs for Quality • Primary Care to Lead Change of Americans' Unhealthy Behaviors • HIPAA Gets a Rough Start

Letters

• Stumbling Blocks to Open Access

• A Nice Touch

• Clarification

• Advantages of Shared Care

• Corrections

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