Sep 2004

Features

Big Ideas to Help Your Practice Thrive

Group Visits Hit the Road

Douglas Dreffer

Making Time to Listen

James R. Dykes

"Insuring" the Uninsured

Javier Vazquez; Claudia Aguero-Vazquez

Departments

Editor's Page

18 Glimpses of Tomorrow
Robert L. Edsall

Getting Paid

ICD-9 Changes: Update Now or Pay Later
Kent J. Moore

Improving Patient Care

Starting Off on the Right Foot
Robert E. Smith

Balancing Act

Making a Living and a Life
Eugene Guazzo

Letters

• How Different Are Internists and FPs?

• Money and Status

• Just What Is a Family Physician, Anyway?

Coding & Documentation

• School Physical Forms • Hospital Care for Partner's Patients

Ask FPM

• Writing Off Patient Balances • Billing for Precepting

Practice Diary

• Preserving the Solo Physician • The Vampire

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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