Semi-Annual Index of Articles
    January-June 2002

  The year I chucked conventional medicine.

     Hiringand keepinggood clerical staff.

     Practice Pointers: How to find and keep top-notch clinical staff.

     Practice Pointers: How to find a billing boss who fits the bill.

  Practice Pointers: Is your practice staffed correctly?

     Coding Consult: E&MOut with the new, in with the old.

     Coding Consult: Fraud busters have their eye on you (still).

     Practice Pointers: Increase collectionswatch those EOBs!

     Practice Pointers: Don't let dollars walk out the door.

  Coding Consult: Answers to your questions about . . .

     Keep your car from eating your cash.

     Car options: Must-haves and forget-its.

   How to talk an elderly patient off the road.

Calming the waters in group practice conflicts.

     Does your compensation formula pass the smell test?

  The Feds ease antitrust rulescautiously.

     Computer Consult: Toward a handheld EMR.

     Computer Consult: More "dumb" questions smart doctors ask.

     Your 2001 taxes: Get the software you need.

     Computer Consult: Voice recognition programs speak your language.

     Computer Consult: Drowning in documents? Scan 'em!

     EMRs cost too much? This group says No Way!

    Computer Consult: I'd rather give up ATMs.

     Coding Consult: Low-level codes can bring in high revenue.

     Coding Consult: Answers to your questions about. . .using the right after-hours     code; coding an anxious patient's blood test.

     Coding Consult: How to code minor derm procedures.

     Coding Consult: Answers to your questions about. . .how to code a get-acquainted visit, billing for an office visit and a hospital admission, the right code for fracture care.

     Coding Consult: Make sure you're paid for counseling.

     Coding Consult: Answers to your questions about. . .charging for time spent     on paperwork, coding when you can't get a history from the patient, billing     for travel time.

     "We can take care of ourselves, Dad".

  What caused this young mother's sudden death?

     In my practice, computers replace brown paper bags.

     Doctors Who Go The Extra Mile: Giving students a taste of medicine.

     What's on the horizon for primary care?

     How to keep your job in a tight market.

     Coping with your own child's illness.

     Take your kids on a cruise? They'll love itand so will you.

Every article from the first six months of 2002, conveniently indexed by category.