Apr 2005

Features

Ten Steps to HIPAA Security Compliance

David C. Kibbe

What a Medical Assistant Can Do for Your Practice

Stephanie Tache; Susan Chapman

Encouraging News About Family Physician Recruitment

Joseph Hawkins

Making Every Minute Count: Tools to Improve Office Efficiency

Deanna R. Willis

Departments

Editor's Page

The Match and the Future of Family Medicine
Robert L. Edsall

Editorial

The Ethics of Alternative Medicine: An Alternative Standard?
James L. Glazer

Getting Paid

How to Conduct a "Welcome to Medicare" Visit
Randall O. Card

Improving Patient Care

Keys to Improving Your Listening Skills
Marie E. Brittin

Computers

Free Medical Applications for Your PDA
Tim Ferenchick

Balancing Act

Having It All, a Little at a Time
Carla Jardim

Letters

• Observations on MOC

• MOC Signals End of the Road

• Bigger Is Better

• Older Is Wiser

• Is It OK to Treat Your Kids?

Coding & Documentation

• Appropriate Use of 99050 • Biopsy vs. Excision • Multiple Re-evaluations and Therapies in One Visit

Monitor

• Match Day 2005: Family Medicine Gains Positions, Loses U.S. Seniors • Study Explores Link Between Physician Supply and Mortality Rates • Patients Want E-mail Access to Physicians But Don't Want to Pay • Small Practices Report Success With EHRs

Ask FPM

• Choosing the Right Legal Structure • Setting Up a New Practice • How to Build More Maternity Care Into Your Practice

Practice Diary

• Great Toys • Jury Duty • DNR

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