Articles
Big Ideas to Help Your Practice Thrive
Your family physician colleagues share their best ideas for energizing and strengthening the practice of medicine.
Group Visits Hit the Road
By taking group visits to his elderly patients, this physician found a way to meet their needs and those of his practice – and have fun at the same time.
Making Time to Listen
This family physician created a model of practice that allows him to spend quality time with patients.
“Insuring” The Uninsured
By offering uninsured patients a set of services in exchange for an affordable monthly fee, this practice has reduced no-shows and improved its patients’ health.
From the Editor
18 Glimpses of Tomorrow
The “big ideas” described in this issue offer 18 different views of the future, individually incomplete, but collectively suggestive of a shared vision.
Letters
Getting Paid
ICD-9 Changes: Update Now or Pay Later
Failing to update your ICD-9 codes by the Oct. 1 effective date could cost you.
Improving Patient Care
Starting the Doctor-Patient Relationship on the Right Foot
Enrollment interviews will help you educate potential patients about your practice and assess whether it’s a good match.
Practice Diary
Ask FPM
ASK FPM
Writing off patient balances | Billing for precepting
Balancing Act
Making a Living and a Life
“A person should design the way he makes a living around how he wishes to make a life.” – CHARLIE BYRD, CLASSICAL JAZZ GUITARIST.