Oct 2003

Features

Solo Practice: The Way of the Future

Douglas Iliff

How to Get All the 99214s You Deserve

Emily Hill

Leadership Is a Learned Skill

Robert B. Taylor

Two Tried-and-True Documentation Tools

Leigh Ann Backer

Rediscovering the Joy of Family Practice

C. Carolyn Thiedke

Departments

Editor's Page

Looking Over Our Shoulder
Robert L. Edsall

Getting Paid

ICD-9 Changes and Other Spooky Things
Kent J. Moore

Improving Patient Care

Cost Effectiveness Begins Between Your Ears
Robert D. Gillette

Balancing Act

The Day Care Stare
JoAnn Rosenfeld

Coding & Documentation

• G0101 & E/M Services • 99211 for Strep Screens • Billing for Nursing Home Work

Ask FPM

• Considering Ultrasound? • Problem Patient • Practice Valuation

Practice Diary

• Office Makeover • The Shock of Recognition • The Over-the-Hill Gang

Letters

• Improving Office Visits for Patients and Docs

• Patients Are Our Primary Concern

• Bringing Care to the Home

• Systems Thinking: Leading the Way

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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