Apr 2008
Features
A Systematic Approach to Identifying Drug-Seeking Patients
A New Approach to Group Visits: Helping High-Need Patients Make Behavioral Change
Closing the Physician-Staff Divide: A Step Toward Creating the Medical Home
Stark III: Refinement Not Revolution (Part 2)
How to Protect Your Data When You're on the Web
What You Need to Know When Called Upon to Be a Good Samaritan
Departments
From the Editor
A Quick Tour of the Changes in FPM
Robert L. Edsall
Opinion
Why Teamwork Will Make or Break Your Practice
Bruce A. Bagley
Letters
Contemplating Robin Hood Practice
Patient vs. "Customer-Owner"
Practice Pearls
Monitor Records Transfers Use Analogies to Increase Patient Compliance Have a Garage Sale Focus on Special Needs Tracking Follow-Up Care
Coding & Documentation
Tobacco Cessation Codes Specimen Transfer to Lab Home Health Services Diagnosis Code for Prothrombin Time Testing Hospital Discharge When the Patient Dies Hepatitis Test Nebulizer Supplies
News & Trends
2008 Match Results: Family Medicine Shows Slight Improvement Communities Needed for EHR Demonstration Project Majority of FPs Wouldn't Do It Again Despite Strong Job Market
The Last Word
A New Epidemic: Administrative Fibrillation
William E. Chavey
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