Index of Articles: Jan-Sept

Assistants

• Tips for helping new hires succeed. Jan 19
• An effective way to use assistants. Aug 3
• Finding the right office manager. Sep 7

Billings

• PAs and NPs: How to bill for their services. Feb 16
• Collections: Learn from the pros. Mar 2
• Clip and Copy: How to ask for copays. Mar 2
• Cut your A/R cycle? Try this option. Apr 6
• ICD-9-CM codes: The latest changes. Sep 7

Clinical Practice

• The ABCs of IMEs. Feb 2

• "About the size of ...". Mar 2

• P4P is changing me. May 4

• Save patients from media hype. Aug 17

Coding

• Coding Cues: Answers to your questions about...incident-to billing; reporting ED codes; E&M service and urninalysis Jan 5
• Coding Cues: Suture removal. Jan 19
• Coding Cues: Answers to your question about...new or established patients; modifiers with injection codes; "per day" E&M services Feb 2
• Coding Cues: Well-woman exams. Feb 16
• PAs and NPs: How to bill for their services. Feb 16
• Coding Cues: Answers to your questions about...ABN modifiers; home visits; E-codes. Mar 2
• Collections: Learn from the pros. Mar 2
• Coding Cues: Diabetes diagnoses. Mar 16
• Coding Cues: Answers to your questions about...additional consults, preventive counseling, office stress tests. Apr 6
• Coding Cues: Advance Beneficiary Notices. Apr. 20
• Watch out for EHR audit pitfalls. Apr 20
• Coding Cues: Answers to your questions about...how many diagnosis codes; new inhalation codes; incorrect dosage May 4
• Coding cues: Answers to your questions about...tick removal; reciprocal services; subsequent hospital visit; cholesterol check. Jun 15
• Coding Cues: Answers to your questions about...a pre-op visit; two same-day hospital visits; digital rectal exams. Jul 6
• Coding Cues: Answers to your questions about...immunization codes; smoking counseling; new or established patients. Jul 20
• Coding Cues: Answers to your questions about...a consult within a group; plantar warts; Holter monitors; adhesive strip repair. Aug 3
• Coding Cues: Answers to your questions about..E&M visits during prenatal care; PA services. Aug 17
• Coding Cues: Answers to your questions about...choosing code levels; inpatient consults; blood draw station. Sep 7
• ICD-9-CM codes: The latest changes. Sep 7
• Coding Cues: Answering your questions about...monitoring patients; care-plan oversight; ABNs. Sep 21

Colleagues

• Harassment: When you're the victim. Jan 19
• Dealing with an impaired colleague. Apr 20
• When you're the patient. May 18
• Is it time to team up? Jun 1

Competition

• Health Plans: The only game in town? Mar 16

• Retail clinics: Should you get into the game? Jun 1

• Coping with tough markets: Doctors struggle with staying independent. Sep 21

Drugs

• Could you read that? Apr 6
• Spotting drug-seeking patients. Apr 6
• What drug rep visits cost you. Aug 3

Employment

• Harassment: When you're the victim. Jan 19
• Employed doctors: Know your rights. Aug 3

Equipment

• EMI: Keep your equipment humming. Jul 20

Estate Planning

• Making a will: Leave nothing to chance. Jan 5

Ethics

• Compliance: Patient autonomy vs P4P imperatives. Mar 2
• Death or taxes? May 4

Expenses

• Taking the pulse of your practice. May 18

Government & Politics

• The next steps for Medicare? Jan 19
• Attack on the Rx data mining law. Mar 16
• Healthcare reform: An uphill fight. Apr 20
• AMA gets tough with third parties. Jul 20
• Playing politics with kids' lives. Aug 17

Group Practice

• When a doctor wants to work part time. Mar 16
• Is it time to team up? Jun 1
• When a noncompete isn't ironclad. Sep 7

Health Insurance

• Compliance: Patient autonomy vs P4P imperatives. Mar 2
• Health Plans: The only game in town? Mar 16
• HSAs—Not just for patients! May 4

Health Policy

• States push for the uninsured—good, for now. Feb 16

• The AMA's cure for the uninsured. Sep 21

Home

• Debt Management: The right way to shop for a mortgage. Aug 3

Hospitals

• Hospitalists: How I make it work. Jan 19
• Hospitalists: Why I don't use them. Jan 19
• The day I saved Baby Doe. Mar 16
• Negligent credentialing: Is the danger growing? May 4
• Coping with tough markets: Doctors struggle with staying independent. Sep 21

Insurance

• EMI: Keep your equipment humming. Jul 20

Integrated Delivery Systems

• P4P without the pain? May 18

Internet

• Trashed on the web? Now what? Jan 5
• My website transformed my practice. Jun 1

Investments

• Commodities demystified. Aug 17

Investments—Bonds

• Investing in munis: A smart move? Sep 7

Investments—Mutual Funds

• Make money with long/short funds. Jul 20
• Investing in munis: A smart move? Sep 7

Investments—Real Estate

• I'm a landlord too. Apr 6

Investments—Stock

• Pick stocks like a pro. Mar 16
• Flirting with tech stocks. Sep 21

Location & Distribution

• America's best places to practice. May 18
• Private practice or academia? Jun 15

Malpractice

• Insurer's decision, your responsibility. Jan 5
• Is your lawyer on your side? Jan 19
• Tort reform: Where's the balance? Jan 19
• If the patient lacks capacity. Feb 2
• Don't settle if you're right. Feb 16
• Legal risks of giving information. Feb 16
• Malpractice rates: Still trending down. Feb 16
• Your first line of defense. Mar 16
• Malpractice reform—Florida: Round two. Apr 6
• Should you give informal medical advice? Apr 6
• Dealing with an impaired colleague. Apr 20
• The Way I See It: Medicine is a blame game. Apr 20
• If a lawyer calls. May 4
• Negligent credentialing: Is the danger growing? May 4
• Alter the records? Bad idea. May 18
• Is high-low arbitration worth it? Jun 1
• Malpractice: Are you making your case worse? Jun 1
• Don't ignore unsolicited reports. Jun 15
• Losing the fight against frivolous claims. Jun 15
• Are you raising false hopes? Jul 6
• Will an EHR affect your malpractice risk? Jul 6
• Dropping an "unpleasant" patient. Jul 6
• A patient you never saw can sue you. Jul 20
• Malpractice: To settle or fight. Aug 3
• Patient e-mail perils. Aug 3
• Battery redefined. Aug 17
• Check your own legal risk. Aug 17
• Doc, could you take a quick look... Sep 7
• Don't avoid experimental treatments. Sep 7
• Shouldn't you be getting paid? Sep 21

Managed Care

• Health Plans: The only game in town? Mar 16
• Is P4P getting tougher? Jul 20

Marketing

• How to write a business plan. Sep 7

Medical Economics Surveys

• Doctors are getting more tech savvy. Aug 3

Medical Profession

• When the hearing loss is the doctor's. Mar 16
• Religion in the exam room: Does it belong? Apr 20
• The Way I See It: Medicine is a blame game. Apr 20
• "I wouldn't let it go" May 18

Medicare/Medicaid

• The next steps for Medicare? Jan 19
• Compliance: What about a crackdown on patients? Mar 2

Midlevel Providers

• NPs and PAs: A sellers market. Jan 5
• Clip and Copy—PAs and NPs: Evaluating performance. Feb 16
• PAs and NPs: How they boost practice earnings. Feb 16
• PAs and NPs: How to bill for their services. Feb 16

Office

• Office design that works. Jul 6

Organized Medicine

• The AMA's cure for the uninsured. Sep 21

Patients

• Trashed on the web? Now what? Jan 5
• Hospitalists: How I make it work. Jan 19
• Hospitalists: Why I don't use them. Jan 19
• Whose patient is it? Feb 16
• "About the size of ...". Mar 2
• Compliance: Patient autonomy vs P4P imperatives. Mar 2
• Compliance: How to get patients on board. Mar 2
• Compliance: What about a crackdown on patients? Mar 2
• The day I saved Baby Doe. Mar 16
• The Way I See It: Those editorials burn me up! Mar 16
• For these patients, I'd work for free. Apr 6
• Spotting drug-seeking patients. Apr 6
• I hug, I kiss, and I cry. Apr 20
• Religion in the exam room: Does it belong? Apr 20
• Death or taxes? May 4
• "I wouldn't let it go". May 18
• When a patient refuses help. May 18
• 10 reasons I see only nursing home patients. Jun 1
• My credo: K.nowledge I.ntegrity R.espect E.mpathy. Jun 15
• A different perspective. Jul 6
• Give patients their visit notes. Jul 20
• Clip and Copy: Understanding medical statistics. Aug 17
• Save patients from media hype. Aug 17
• You can make walk-ins work. Aug 17
• Doc, could you take a quick look... Sep 7
• 11 ways to keep patients satisfied. Sep 21

Peer Review

• Negligent credentialing: Is the danger growing? May 4

Personal Development

• Making change work. Jan 5
• Running a great meeting. Feb 2
• Breaking bad habits. Mar 2
• Get more done. Apr 6
• Low-tech ways to get organized. Sep 7

Personal Finances

• 7 tips to boost savings. Jan 19
• What to expect from an adviser. Feb 16
• Pick stocks like a pro. Mar 16
• Are cash-back cards worth it? Apr 20
• Should you switch to ETFs? Apr 20
• Personal finance: Top tips from top advisers. May 4
• Debt Management: Get out from under. Jun 1
• Bumpy market? Stay calm. Jun 15
• Debt Management: Will your credit card zap you? Jul 6
• Debt Management: The right way to shop for a mortgage. Aug 3
• The Way I See It: I'm done with debt. Aug 3

Personal Life

• When the hearing loss is the doctor's. Mar 16
• Dare to dream. Apr 6
• When you're the patient. May 18
• Making better decisions. Jul 6
• Now I understand the terror. Jul 20

Practice Management

• One good move made all the difference. Jan 5
• Time to add a second shift? Jan 5
• Tips for helping new hires succeed. Jan 19
• Telephone triage: Can your staff answer the call? Feb 2
• When a doctor wants to work part time. Mar 16
• You can turn your practice around. Mar 16
• Cut your A/R cycle? Try this option. Apr 6
• Successful practices do it now! Apr 6
• Personnel files: Documentation is key. Apr 20
• Locum tenens: when you need one, how to get one. May 4
• Taking the pulse of your practice. May 18
• 8 ways I improved my bottom line. Jun 15
• Practice Overhaul Contest: The winner is... Jul 6
• A doctor who's open every day. Aug 3
• An effective way to use assistants. Aug 3
• What drug rep visits cost you. Aug 3
• You can make walk-ins work. Aug 17
• Low-tech ways to get organized. Sep 7
• Finding the right office manager. Sep 7
• Coping with tough markets: Doctors struggle with staying independent. Sep 21
• Growing demand: Teens need doctors. Sep 21
• Toughest practice problems SOLVED. Sep 21

Practice, Special Types

• 10 reasons I see only nursing home patients. Jun 1
• Growing demand: Teens need doctors. Sep 21

Primary Care

• Whose patient is it? Feb 16
• The Way I See It: Those editorials burn me up! Mar 16

Records

• How to do an RFP for an EHR. Jan 19
• Implementing an EHR: Preparing for launch. Feb 2
• EHRs: The Feds get something right. Mar 16
• Could you read that? Apr 6
• Personnel files: Documentation is key. Apr 20
• Watch out for EHR audit pitfalls. Apr 20
• Migrating paper to an EHR. May 4
• Alter the records? Bad idea. May 18
• Implementing an EHR: Going live is no snap. Jul 6
• Will an EHR affect your malpractice risk? Jul 6
• Give patients their visit notes. Jul 20
• Is this EHR for you? Sep 7

Retirement

• Is your 401(k) plan all it could be? Jan 19
• Your 2006 taxes: Easing the bite on retirement savings. Feb 16
• When a doctor wants to work part time. Mar 16
• Retire in your 50s—These doctors will! Jul 20

Solo Practice

• You can turn your practice around. Mar 16

Specialty Practice

• Whose patient is it? Feb 16
• Recertification made easier. Jun 15

Taxes

• Your 2006 taxes: 9 costly mistakes. Feb 2
• Your 2006 taxes: Keep more of your investment earnings. Feb 2
• Your 2006 taxes: Smart ways to cut taxes now. Feb 2
• Your 2006 taxes: Tax software or a pro? Feb 2
• Your 2006 taxes: What bracket are you in? Feb 2
• Your 2006 taxes: What if...You had a nanny or other household help? You sold stuff on the Internet? You want a faster refund? You're thinking about 2007? Feb 2
• Your 2006 taxes: Easing the bite on retirement savings. Feb 16
• Your 2006 taxes: Don't miss these business deductions. Mar 2
• Your 2006 taxes: Mining personal exemptions. Mar 16

Technology

• How to do an RFP for an EHR. Jan 19
• Facts about paperless faxing. Feb 2
• Implementing an EHR: Preparing for launch. Feb 2
• EHRs: The Feds get something right. Mar 16
• Cut your A/R cycle? Try this option. Apr 6
• Save time with smarter Googling. Apr 6
• How to pick a password. Apr 20
• Migrating paper to an EHR. May 4
• P4P without the pain? May 18
• Should you hire a remote IT pro? Jun 1
• Implementing an EHR: Going live is no snap. Jul 6
• Two monitors are better than one. Jul 6
• Doctors are getting more tech savvy. Aug 3
• Take your EHR with you. Aug 3
• The right EHR hardware for your exam room. Sep 7
• Is this EHR for you? Sep 7
• EHR Certification: Its true value. Sep 21