THE MEDICAL ECONOMICS LIBRARY

Annual Index of Articles
January through December 2000

Alternative Medicine

• Let's stop giving alternative medicine a free ride. Feb. 21, p. 129

• Folk medicine deserves our respect. March 6, p. 119

• Is alternative medicine more cost-effective? March 20, p. 139

• What makes a physician an expert in CAM? July 24, p. 109

• Acupuncture in 2000: Working its way into mainstream medicine. Aug. 7, p. 99

Assistants

• The best $1,000 I ever spent. March 20, p. 87

• How we'll survive our next computer switchover. April 10, p. 47

• Make the most of your staff. April 24, p. 56

• How I learned to be a better boss. Aug. 7, p. 112

Billings

• Are you being paid less than you should? June 5, p. 201

• Let's put an end to code "bungling." July 24, p. 66

Cars

• Europe your way: Read this before you drive in Europe. April 10, p. 139

• 8 myths about car insurance. May 8, p. 94

• Almost heaven: "Near luxury" cars that are fun to drive. June 5, p. 106

• Ready for a "crossover"? Here's a tempting trio. July 24, p. 72

• Will this new breed of SUV lure you aboard? Sept. 18, p. 128

• My brief but exhilarating ride in the fast lane. Dec. 4, p. 106

Coding

• Why we need code auditing. Feb. 7, p. 18

• Let's put an end to code "bungling." July 24, p. 66

• Compliance guidelines for small practices: No more excuses. Aug. 7, p. 42

• The biggest coding blunders—and how to avoid them. Aug. 21, p. 126

Colleagues

• If they treat a doctor this way, what must patients endure? April 10, p. 149

• My fellow doctors hurt my child. April 24, p. 85

Compensation

• How much are groups paying their doctors? Jan. 10, p. 115

• Is primary care paying its way? May 22, p. 156

• Yikes! Primary care earnings plummet. Sept. 18, p. 140

Computers

• How I learned to stop writing and love my database. Feb. 7, p. 36

• There's a virus going around . . . March 6, p. 35

• How we'll survive our next computer switchover April 10, p. 47

• Tired of waiting for the Web? Get connected fast. May 8, p. 33

• Turn your computer into a patient education library June 5, p. 31

• They're still working on the electronic medical record. July 10, p. 29

• Will the Internet finally put an end to paperwork? July 10, p. 152

• How connectivity is changing practice. July 10, p. 166

• How do you unload an obsolete computer? Aug. 7, p. 35

• Put a computer in your pocket and change your life. Oct. 23, p. 76

• Know your needs, pick a device to fit. Oct. 23, p. 81

• Your ticket to fast, flawless prescribing. Oct. 23, p. 93

• Colleagues rate the leading software. Oct. 23, p. 105

• Decoding geekspeak. Oct. 23, p. 122

• Quicken vs Money: Time to upgrade or switch? Nov. 6, p. 127

• Staff, this is a computer. Dec. 4, p. 27

Death & Dying

• Something was wrong with me— but I had work to do. Jan. 24, p. 134

• Should these doctors have let their colleague die? Feb. 7, p. 54

• How many of your patients have returned from the dead? Feb. 7, p. 93

• The word I couldn't bring myself to use. Feb. 7, p. 153

• Let's stop giving alternative medicine a free ride. Feb. 21, p. 129

• What the heart of a young champion taught me. March 6, p. 143

• Could Occam's razor save my patient? April 24, p. 129

• "Dad always was a fighter." May 8, p. 110

• When a DNR order can be therapeutic. May 8, p. 144

• The patient who healed me. May 8, p. 173

• How the dead help me care for the living. May 22, p. 125

• I couldn't let the patient die—not yet. May 22, p. 144

• Why didn't I speak up for this patient? July 10, p. 129

Drugs

• Treating pain: Can doctors put their fears to rest? Feb. 21, p. 46

• The new generation of providers. March 20, p. 169

• Turf wars? In the trenches, it's cooperation that matters. March 20, p. 194

• Are online pharmacies good for your patients—and for you? June 5, p. 77

• How I almost killed Otis. Aug. 21, p. 113

• The night I met penicillin. Sept. 18, p. 98

• Your ticket to fast, flawless prescribing. Oct. 23, p. 93

Education

• Could a "coach" get you motivated about medicine? Jan. 10, p. 71

• Medical education has become an assembly line. Jan. 10, p. 108

• Everything I need to know about medicine I learned as a senior medical student. Jan. 24, p. 159

• The doctor who taught me how not to treat patients. March 6, p. 166

• Help your patients surf the Net safely. March 6, p. 186

• What are they teaching in sex ed these days? April 24, p. 79

• Osler: The saint of Baltimore. April 24, p. 137

• Where students pledge themselves to primary care. June 19, p. 80

• Scuba diving for fun and credit. Dec. 4, p. 64

Estate Planning

• Will your heirs hate you for trying to do good? April 10, p. 165

• Will your trusts keep your heirs poor—and fighting? Sept. 18, p. 63

Ethics

• Should doctors prescribe religion? Jan. 10, p. 143

• Should these doctors have let their colleague die? Feb. 7, p. 54

• How the animal rights zealots threaten medical progress. March 6, p. 217

• Why must we always "do something" for the patient? March 20, p. 145

• How to cut loose from a troublesome patient. April 10, p. 54

• My ethical beacons: Plato, Aristotle . . . and Mr. Phillips. April 10, p. 86

• "Boutique" practices: Good medicine—or ethical swamp? July 24, p. 52

Expenses

• When to hire another doctor—and how to make it pay. July 10, p. 61

Family

• Would you want your kids to follow in your footsteps? Jan. 10, p. 98

• Could the doctors heal our baby's heart? March 6, p. 204

• If they treat a doctor this way, what must patients endure? April 10, p. 149

• My malpractice case was a blessing in disguise. April 10, p. 181

• Dr. Mom—an oxymoron? April 10, p. 198

• My fellow doctors hurt my child. April 24, p. 85

• A son's dilemma, a doctor's ordeal. May 8, p. 75

• Now I know how patients get lost in the system. May 8, p. 130

• Don't treat a relative? I'm glad I did. May 8, p. 159

• The patient who healed me. May 8, p. 173

• I couldn't let the patient die—not yet. May 22, p. 144

• The patient came first—Mom and Dad would have to wait. June 5, p. 102

• A doctor's worst nightmare: My own child has cancer. June 5, p. 132

• Why didn't I speak up for this patient? July 10, p. 129

• How much do your kids know about credit? Aug. 21, p. 58

• Will your trusts keep your heirs poor—and fighting? Sept. 18, p. 63

• Parenting: The hardest, happiest job of all. Oct. 9, p. 83

• You never stop being a provider. Oct. 9, p. 103

• Let your kids save you money, for a change. Nov. 6, p. 155

• When we label patients, we mistreat them. Dec. 4, p. 89

• Everything I know about medical management I learned from my kids. Dec. 18, p. 61

• A precious gift from my dying son. Dec. 18, p. 71

Fees

• Okay, Doc, let's talk price. Feb. 7, p. 159

• Discounted Medicare? It's already here. May 22, p. 53

• Reimbursements: Inching closer to actual charges. Nov. 20, p. 32

Foreign Health Care

• From specialist to generalist: Nothing comes easy. Feb. 7, p. 84

• Patients helped me keep my promise to the poor. March 6, p. 95

• The job paid nothing, but the rewards were great. April 10, p. 114

• Thank you, Carlos, for rekindling my love of medicine. July 10, p. 109

• After the hurricane, the healing begins. Sept. 4, p. 125

Fraud & Abuse

• Compliance guidelines for small practices: No more excuses. Aug. 7, p. 42

Government & Politics

• Will health care decide who goes to the White House? April 10, p. 263

• Why politics—like medicine—is a noble calling. April 24, p. 89

• What have medical lobbyists done for you lately? Sept. 18, p. 46

• Will the new president overhaul health care? Oct. 23, p. 16

• Why doctors could desert the GO.P Oct. 23, p. 28

Group Practice

• How much are groups paying their doctors? Jan. 10, p. 115

• Warm-hearted care—or cold-hearted rationing? Jan. 24, p. 96

• Re-engineer your practice—starting today. Jan. 24, p. 174

• Make the most of your staff. April 24, p. 56

• Happy together: What makes a practice endure? May 8, p. 38

• Is primary care paying its way? May 22, p. 156

• What a behavioral specialist could add to your practice. June 5, p. 149

• When to hire another doctor—and how to make it pay. July 10, p. 61

• Build your own information highway. Aug. 7, p. 65

Health Insurance

• Doctors who go the extra mile: Opening doors to the uninsured. Jan. 10, p. 161

• Managed care holdouts: How are they doing now? March 6, p. 61

• HMNo: The name of this practice says it all. March 6, p. 78

• Is alternative medicine more cost-effective? March 20, p. 139

• Do you need critical-illness insurance? June 5, p. 71

• Are you being paid less than you should? June 5, p. 201

• Managed care reform? Sure—but don't look to Washington. Aug. 21, p. 40

• Who's your biggest payer? Like it or not, it's managed care. Dec. 4, p. 130

Health Policy

• Will health care decide who goes to the White House? April 10, p. 263

• Scapegoating won't reduce medical errors. May 22, p. 92

• Will the new president overhaul health care? Oct. 23, p. 16

Hospitals

• Hospital peer review is a kangaroo court.Feb. 7, p. 133

• Was this cowboy's story a lot of bull? Feb. 7, p. 253

• Malpractice: Who's on the hook when a hospitalist discharges your patients? March 6, p. 40

• The snake in the ER. June 19, p. 71

• Medicare's new red flag: Same-day readmissions. July 10, p. 41

Humor

• Endoscopy at 35,000 feet: Hand me that duct tape! April 10, p. 235

• My brief, upside-down career as a guinea pig. April 24, p. 71

• The fourth pearl of internship. June 5, p. 122

• Now I know why patients hate tests. Sept. 18, p. 169

Insurance

• 8 myths about car insurance. May 8, p. 94

• Do you need critical-illness insurance? June 5, p. 71

• Disabled by my illness and my insurer. July 10, p. 115

• "Disability lite": Your family's new income protector. Dec. 4, p. 93

Internet

• The best Web sites for taxpayers. Feb. 7, p. 209

• Help your patients surf the Net safely. March 6, p. 186

• Who'd have thought it? Patients are putting their records online. April 10, p. 93

• Online investment scams: Coming to a screen near you. April 10, p. 184

• Now patients will rate you online. April 24, p. 42

• Save thousands a year on medical supplies. May 8, p. 55

• Are online pharmacies good for your patients—and for you? June 5, p. 77

• Will that IPO soar to the moon—or fizzle back to earth? July 10, p. 50

• Will the Internet finally put an end to paperwork? July 10, p. 152

• How connectivity is changing practice. July 10, p. 166

• Build your own information highway. Aug. 7, p. 65

• Supercharge your Internet search skills. Sept. 4, p. 43

• The good news—and bad—about Web-based EMRs. Sept. 4, p. 73

• Plan your next vacation on the Internet.Sept. 4, p. 92

• How to find it—fast—on the Internet. Oct. 9, p. 30

• Clinical connectivity: The future is already here. Nov. 20 (Supp), p. 6

• Group practice intranets: Getting physicians to use them. Nov. 20 (Supp), p. 12

• Online consults: Faster, easier, more complete. Nov. 20 (Supp), p. 18

• Secure messaging: Much more than e-mail. Nov. 20 (Supp), p. 24

• The big payers: They want you online now. Nov. 20 (Supp), p. 30

• Putting your practice online is easier than ever. Dec. 4, p. 45

• Trade online for higher returns—but don't trade too much. Dec. 18, p. 46

• Get ready for the new privacy rules. Dec. 18, p. 90

Investments

• Money-saving answers to your tax questions: Investment income and capital gains. Feb. 7, p. 233

• Hitch your CDs to a bucking stock market? March 20, p. 82

• Ride the Baby Boomer Express to investment profits? April 10, p. 75

• Online investment scams: Coming to a screen near you. April 10, p. 184

• How the investment rules are changing: Will the "new economy" revert to the old? May 22, p. 68

• Oops! Doctors' worst financial blunders. Aug. 7, p. 50

• Time to invest in gold? Aug. 21, p. 117

• Are limited partnerships worth another try? Sept. 4, p. 134

• Smart places to stash your cash. Nov. 6, p. 76

• Investing for thrills. Nov. 20, p. 53

• Trade online for higher returns—but don't trade too much. Dec. 18, p. 46

• Why dividend payers deserve another look. Dec. 18, p. 64

Investments—Bonds

• Smart places to stash your cash. Nov. 6, p. 76

• Where bonds are headed—and why you need to go there. Nov. 6, p. 95

Investments—Mutual Funds

• Investment Derby: A high-tech gamble pays off. Feb. 21, p. 140

• An effortless way to play the market. March 20, p. 75

• Investment Derby: A tech-stock portfolio leaves the others in the dust.May 22, p. 113

• Bolster your portfolio with US regional funds? June 19, p. 128

• Investment Derby: Tech stocks hit a wall. Aug. 21, p. 80

• Time to invest in gold? Aug. 21, p. 117

• Where the market's headed now. Nov. 6, p. 10

• Investment Derby: Here come the tortoises! Nov. 6, p. 30

• What makes a mutual fund a winner. Nov. 6, p. 34

• Tech funds to electrify your portfolio. Nov. 6, p. 49

• Wise ways to invest abroad. Nov. 6, p. 54

• Our '99 fund picks: WOW! Nov. 6, p. 68

• Where bonds are headed—and why you need to go there. Nov. 6, p. 95

Investments—Real Estate

• Are limited partnerships worth another try? Sept. 4, p. 134

• Who'll buy your medical building, Doctor? Dec. 4, p. 77

Investments—Stocks

• Stock picks to start the millennium off right. Feb. 7, p. 71

• Your brokerage agreement: Watch out for that fine print. Feb. 21, p. 99

• Investment Derby: A high-tech gamble pays off. Feb. 21, p. 140

• Ride the Baby Boomer Express to investment profits? April 10, p. 75

• My "deadbeat" patient made me a bundle. May 8, p. 116

• Investment Derby: A tech-stock portfolio leaves the others in the dust. May 22, p. 113

• Will that IPO soar to the moon—or fizzle back to earth? July 10, p. 50

• Investment Derby: Tech stocks hit a wall. Aug. 21, p. 80

• Where the market's headed now. Nov. 6, p. 10

• Finding winners in the swarm of tech stocks. Nov. 6, p. 20

• Investment Derby: Here come the tortoises! Nov. 6, p. 30

• Wise ways to invest abroad. Nov. 6, p. 54

• Investing for thrills. Nov. 20, p. 53

• Why dividend payers deserve another look. Dec. 18, p. 64

Law

• Hospital peer review is a kangaroo court. Feb. 7, p. 133

• Treating pain: Can doctors put their fears to rest? Feb. 21, p. 46

• The new generation of providers. March 20, p. 169

• Straightforward UR—or a "machine of denial"? May 8, p. 180

• Supreme Court: Your office can be searched without a warrant. June 5, p. 43

• Malpractice fakery: How high-tech private eyes catch malingering plaintiffs. July 24, p. 122

• Malpractice fakery: Patient fraud—or an invasion of privacy? July 24, p. 144

• My second specialty? It's suing lawyers. Aug. 7, p. 79

Legislation

• Turf wars? In the trenches, it's cooperation that matters. March 20, p. 194

• Will health care decide who goes to the White House? April 10, p. 263

• Managed care reform? Sure—but don't look to Washington. Aug. 21, p. 40

Location & Distribution

• How location can make or break your practice. June 19, p. 107

Malpractice

• I wish I'd fought my malpractice suit. Jan. 10, p. 171

• Malpractice: Who's on the hook when a hospitalist discharges your patients? March 6, p. 40

• NPs and PAs: What's the malpractice risk? March 20, p. 205

• How to cut loose from a troublesome patient. April 10, p. 54

• My malpractice case was a blessing in disguise. April 10, p. 181

• My fellow doctors hurt my child. April 24, p. 85

• How plaintiffs' lawyers pick their targets. April 24, p. 94

• The way to win: Teach the jury about medicine. April 24, p. 112

• Don't settle too quickly—I know from experience. April 24, p. 124

• The new rules on informed consent. June 19, p. 161

• How to squash a small malpractice claim. July 10, p. 121

• Malpractice fakery: How high-tech private eyes catch malingering plaintiffs. July 24, p. 122

• Malpractice fakery: Patient fraud—or an invasion of privacy? July 24, p. 144

• Medical mistakes: Must doctors take the rap? Looking beyond the IOM report. Nov. 20, p. 108

• Message to plaintiffs' lawyers: Sue me at your own risk! Dec. 4, p. 30

Managed Care

• The California nightmare: Is this where managed care is taking us? Jan. 24, p. 48

• Do doctors give HMO patients a fair shake? Feb. 21, p. 160

• Managed care holdouts: How are they doing now? March 6, p. 61

• HMNo: The name of this practice says it all. March 6, p. 78

• My ethical beacons: Plato, Aristotle . . . and Mr. Phillips. April 10, p. 86

• Where's managed care headed? April 10, p. 244

• Stiffed by an HMO (sound familiar?) May 8, p. 100

• Straightforward UR—or a "machine of denial"? May 8, p. 180

• Discounted Medicare? It's already here. May 22, p. 53

• "Internists are losers." May 22, p. 163

• Don't sign a sucker dea.l June 5, p. 190

• Are you being paid less than you should? June 5, p. 201

• Plain and simple: Denying payment denies care. June 5, p. 213

• Risk adjustment: Medicare's latest move to tinker with your income. June 19, p. 45

• A managed care sting. July 10, p. 140

• Managed care reform? Sure—but don't look to Washington. Aug. 21, p. 40

• What's in the box? Is UnitedHealthcare delivering on its promises? Sept. 4, p. 158

• What the Texas-Aetna agreement really means. Sept. 4, p. 172

Medical Economics Interview

• Let's stop giving alternative medicine a free ride. Feb. 21, p. 129

• How plaintiffs' lawyers pick their targets. April 24, p. 94

Medical Economics Surveys

• Yikes! Primary care earnings plummet. Sept. 18, p. 140

• Getting personal: Who is today's doctor, anyway? Oct. 9, p. 42

• Marriages: Stronger than ever. Oct. 9, p. 47

• Sex and the satisfied doctor. Oct. 9, p. 62

• Parenting: The hardest, happiest job of all. Oct. 9, p. 83

• You never stop being a provider. Oct. 9, p. 103

• Is there life after work? You bet! Oct. 9, p. 110

• Pop culture: No fluff, please, we're doctors. Oct. 9, p. 121

• Where you go to get away from it all. Oct. 9, p. 132

• Politics: Labels can be misleading. Oct. 9, p. 143

• How many doctors own guns? Oct. 9, p. 151

• Physicians are true believers. Oct. 9, p. 160

• Do-gooders—and proud of it. Oct. 9, p. 171

• Vices: Who needs them? Oct. 9, p. 189

• What would you do with an extra $100,000? Oct. 9, p. 199

• Not enough hours in the day? Here's two more. Oct. 9, p. 207

• Doctors say, and do, the darndest things. Oct. 9, p. 209

• Reimbursements: Inching closer to actual charges. Nov. 20, p. 32

• Who's your biggest payer? Like it or not, it's managed care. Dec. 4, p. 130

• Spending too much time in the office? Dec. 18, p. 28

Medical Profession

• Now what? 7 tasks for a new beginning. Jan. 10, p. 30

• Your own five-year plan: What do you want to accomplish? Jan. 10, p. 52

• The challenge for each of us: Finding a way to achieve our best. Jan. 10, p. 66

• Could a "coach" get you motivated about medicine? Jan. 10, p. 71

• Still practicing after all these years Jan. 10, p. 81

• Would you want your kids to follow in your footsteps? Jan. 10, p. 98

• Doctors who go the extra mile: Opening doors to the uninsured. Jan. 10, p. 161

• How to stay sane in the crazy world of medicine. Jan. 24, p. 140

• Everything I need to know about medicine I learned as a senior medical student. Jan. 24, p. 159

• Doctors who go the extra mile: Need a doctor? Try city hall Feb. 7, p. 109

• If you weren't a doctor, what would you be? Feb. 7, p. 259

• Patients helped me keep my promise to the poor. March 6, p. 95

• Folk medicine deserves our respect. March 6, p. 119

• How the animal rights zealots threaten medical progress. March 6, p. 217

• They labeled me a "questionable doctor"—and I fought like hell to clear my name. March 20, p. 66

• Why must we always "do something" for the patient? March 20, p. 145

• Dr. Mom—an oxymoron? April 10, p. 198

• Doctors who go the extra mile: Treating his far-flung patients like family. April 10, p. 201

• Now patients will rate you online. April 24, p. 42

• Why politics—like medicine—is a noble calling April 24, p. 89

• Osler: The saint of Baltimore. April 24, p. 137

• Call is a waste of time. May 8, p. 91

• Doctors who go the extra mile: "She gives of her very soul." May 8, p. 121

• "Keep it simple, stupid!" May 8, p. 208

• Scapegoating won't reduce medical errors. May 22, p. 92

• Giving medicine your best: Hang it up at 55? No way! June 5, p. 49

• Giving medicine your best: What are you really good at? June 5, p. 60

• Doctors who go the extra mile: From private tragedy to public activism. June 5, p. 93

• Let's stop subsidizing lawyers at medical meetings. June 5, p. 98

• How unhappy are women doctors? July 10, p. 80

• Doctors who go the extra mile: A lifelong ally for cystic fibrosis patients. Aug. 7, p. 93

• Things to do in Denver when your practice is dead. Aug. 21, p. 73

• The night I met penicillin. Sept. 18, p. 98

• Doctors vs domestic violence: Yes, you can make a difference. Oct. 23, p. 40

• Doctors vs domestic violence: No safe haven—especially in pregnancy. Nov. 20, p. 92

• Doctors vs domestic violence: How a "difficult" patient opened my eyes. Nov. 20, p. 100

• Medical mistakes: Must doctors take the rap? Looking beyond the IOM report. Nov. 20, p. 108

• Doctors who go the extra mile: Always ready to ride—or dive—to the rescue. Dec. 4, p. 73

• How patients really choose their doctors. Dec. 4, p. 154

Medical Care Costs

• Medical education has become an assembly line. Jan. 10, p. 108

• The bottom-line case for making house calls. Feb. 21, p. 114

• Health spending is soaring. What's so bad about that? March 6, p. 150

Medicare/Medicaid

• Warm-hearted care—or cold-hearted rationing? Jan. 24, p. 96

• The bottom-line case for making house calls. Feb. 21, p. 114

• Discounted Medicare? It's already here. May 22, p. 53

• Risk adjustment: Medicare's latest move to tinker with your income. June 19, p. 45

• Medicare's new red flag: Same-day readmissions. July 10, p. 41

• Compliance guidelines for small practices: No more excuses. Aug. 7, p. 42

• Our patient pulled a fast one on Medicare—and on us. Aug. 7, p. 170

Midlevel Providers

• What do PA, NP, and CNM spell? A revolution in health care. March 20, p. 156

• The new generation of providers. March 20, p. 169

• CNMs: "We don't just catch babies." March 20, p. 186

• NPs: "There are plenty of patients for all providers." March 20, p. 192

• Turf wars? In the trenches, it's cooperation that matters. March 20, p. 194

• Are NPs and primary care doctors interchangeable? March 20, p. 198

• PAs: "Our role is to help out physicians." March 20, p. 203

• NPs and PAs: What's the malpractice risk? March 20, p. 205

• How to harmonize with PAs and NPs. Aug. 21, p. 69

Office

• How we'll survive our next computer switchover. April 10, p. 47

• Make your office layout serve your needs. June 19, p. 60

• How location can make or break your practice. June 19, p. 107

Organized Medicine

• Doctor unions: Time to join the parade? Jan. 24, p. 76

• What the Texas-Aetna agreement really means Sept. 4, p. 172

• What have medical lobbyists done for you lately? Sept. 18, p. 46

• Why doctors could desert the GOP. Oct. 23, p. 28

Patients

• Now what? 7 tasks for a new beginning. Jan. 10, p. 30

• The challenge for each of us: Finding a way to achieve our best. Jan. 10, p. 66

• The man with a 3-inch nail in his head. Jan. 10, p. 137

• Should doctors prescribe religion? Jan. 10, p. 143

• "Go to Mexico," I told my patient. "I'll go with you." Jan. 24, p. 91

• Warm-hearted care—or cold-hearted rationing? Jan. 24, p. 96

• Want to uncover a patient's real problem? BATHE him! Jan. 24, p. 117

• My patient paid me with a treasure. Jan. 24, p. 153

• Everything I need to know about medicine I learned as a senior medical student. Jan. 24, p. 159

• Face-to-face—once more—with a childhood bully. Jan. 24, p. 191

• How many of your patients have returned from the dead? Feb. 7, p. 93

• Don't get stuck by thorny family situations. Feb. 7, p. 121

• The word I couldn't bring myself to use. Feb. 7, p. 153

• Your patient thought you said what? Feb. 7, p. 249

• Was this cowboy's story a lot of bull? Feb. 7, p. 253

• My patient's car is his castle. Feb. 21, p. 87

• Being Dr. Nice Guy can backfire. Feb. 21, p. 125

• Welcoming the menopausal woman to your practice. Feb. 21, p. 148

• Do doctors give HMO patients a fair shake? Feb. 21, p. 160

• Doctors who go the extra mile: Defeating death's sting. March 6, p. 91

• What the heart of a young champion taught me. March 6, p. 143

• The doctor who taught me how not to treat patients. March 6, p. 166

• Help your patients surf the Net safely. March 6, p. 186

• The best $1,000 I ever spent. March 20, p. 87

• Why must we always "do something" for the patient? March 20, p. 145

• How to cut loose from a troublesome patient. April 10, p. 54

• My ethical beacons: Plato, Aristotle . . . and Mr. Phillips. April 10, p. 86

• Who'd have thought it? Patients are putting their records online. April 10, p. 93

• If they treat a doctor this way, what must patients endure? April 10, p. 149

• Now patients will rate you online. April 24, p. 42

• Could Occam's razor save my patient? April 24, p. 129

• "Dad always was a fighter." May 8, p. 110

• My "deadbeat" patient made me a bundle. May 8, p. 116

• "I cut myself, Doctor—but it doesn't look quite right." May 8, p. 141

• When a DNR order can be therapeutic. May 8, p. 144

• How the dead help me care for the living. May 22, p. 125

• Giving medicine your best: Hang it up at 55? No way! June 5, p. 49

• What a behavioral specialist could add to your practice. June 5, p. 149

• When I treated Grace, I also treated myself. June 5, p. 172

• "Don't let go." June 19, p. 96

• I opened my home to a homeless patient. June 19, p. 131

• Why didn't I speak up for this patient? July 10, p. 129

• Doctors who go the extra mile: A lifelong ally for cystic fibrosis patients. Aug. 7, p. 93

• Get the most out of every patient visit. Aug. 21, p. 96

• How I almost killed Otis. Aug. 21, p. 113

• Do patients love you, but hate your phones? Sept. 18, p. 77

• The awful truth about my patient's past. Sept. 18, p. 165

• Now I know why patients hate tests. Sept. 18, p. 169

• Doctors vs domestic violence: Yes, you can make a difference. Oct. 23, p. 40

• Do more for your patients by seeing some of them less. Oct. 23, p. 65

• Doctors vs domestic violence: No safe haven—especially in pregnancy. Nov. 20, p. 92

• Doctors vs domestic violence: How a "difficult" patient opened my eyes. Nov. 20, p. 100

• When we label patients, we mistreat them. Dec. 4, p. 89

• Sometimes, tough love is the best care. Dec. 4, p. 144

• How patients really choose their doctors, Dec. 4, p. 154

Personal Finances

• Pay debts and save for retirement—on a fellow's stipend? Jan. 24, p. 69

• Your 1040: Negotiating the maze. Feb. 7, p. 182

• Money-saving answers to your tax questions: Personal expenses. Feb. 7, p. 203

• Money-saving answers to your tax questions: Retirement savings and family matters. Feb. 7, p. 247

• There's a viper in your wallet. March 6, p. 101

• "Why are we struggling on an income like ours?" March 6, p. 125

• An effortless way to play the market. March 20, p. 75

• The doctor who manages his own investments has a fool for a client. March 20, p. 224

• Ride the Baby Boomer Express to investment profits? April 10, p. 75

• Will your heirs hate you for trying to do good? April 10, p. 165

• If you're so smart, Doctor, why aren't you rich? April 10, p. 204

• Your best career move: Learn to network. May 8, p. 212

• How the investment rules are changing: Paint a rose-colored retirement. May 22, p. 78

• Oops! Doctors' worst financial blunders. Aug. 7, p. 50

• The 150 best financial advisers for doctors. Aug. 7, p. 140

• How much do your kids know about credit? Aug. 21, p. 58

• A big new break for pension plans. But act fast! Sept. 4, p. 60

• What would you do with an extra $100,000? Oct. 9, p. 199

• Long-range planning: One doctor, three very different financial plans. Nov. 6, p. 104

• Quicken vs Money: Time to upgrade or switch? Nov. 6, p. 127

• Cut this year's taxes—it's not too late. Nov. 6, p. 144

• Let your kids save you money, for a change. Nov. 6, p. 155

Personal Life

• Your own five-year plan: What do you want to accomplish? Jan. 10, p. 52

• Could a "coach" get you motivated about medicine? Jan. 10, p. 71

• Still practicing after all these years. Jan. 10, p. 81

• Something was wrong with me—but I had work to do. Jan. 24, p. 134

• How to stay sane in the crazy world of medicine. Jan. 24, p. 140

• Face-to-face—once more—with a childhood bully. Jan. 24, p. 191

• From specialist to generalist: Nothing comes easy. Feb. 7, p. 84

• I learned my bedside manner the hard way. Feb. 7, p. 112

• If you weren't a doctor, what would you be? Feb. 7, p. 259

• Could the doctors heal our baby's heart? March 6, p. 204

• They labeled me a "questionable doctor"—and I fought like hell to clear my name. March 20, p. 66

• "I'm fine," I said. But of course I wasn't. March 20, p. 116

• The job paid nothing, but the rewards were great. April 10, p. 114

• My brief, upside-down career as a guinea pig. April 24, p. 71

• Why politics—like medicine—is a noble calling. April 24, p. 89

• My fiance was a fortune hunter. May 8, p. 72

• Don't treat a relative? I'm glad I did. May 8, p. 159

• "Keep it simple, stupid!" May 8, p. 208

• Your best career move: Learn to network. May 8, p. 212

• Who could resist a time-share in paradise? May 8, p. 214

• Why I'll never travel incognito. May 22, p. 105

• My depression has made me a better doctor. May 22, p. 151

• Giving medicine your best: What are you really good at? June 5, p. 60

• The fourth pearl of internship. June 5, p. 122

• I opened my home to a homeless patient. June 19, p. 131

• Keep up with old friends—but don't treat them. June 19, p. 138

• Disabled by my illness and my insurer. July 10, p. 115

• Living—and practicing—with hepatitis C. Aug. 7, p. 163

• I hit the brakes—and a nightmare began. Sept. 4, p. 144

• Getting personal: Who is today's doctor, anyway? Oct. 9, p. 42

• Marriages: Stronger than ever. Oct. 9, p. 47

• Sex and the satisfied doctor. Oct. 9, p. 62

• Parenting: The hardest, happiest job of all. Oct. 9, p. 83

• You never stop being a provider. Oct. 9, p. 103

• Is there life after work? You bet! Oct. 9, p. 110

• Pop culture: No fluff, please, we're doctors. Oct. 9, p. 121

• Where you go to get away from it all. Oct. 9, p. 132

• Politics: Labels can be misleading. Oct. 9, p. 143

• How many doctors own guns? Oct. 9, p. 151

• Physicians are true believers. Oct. 9, p. 160

• Do-gooders—and proud of it. Oct. 9, p. 171

• Vices: Who needs them? Oct. 9, p. 189

• What would you do with an extra $100,000? Oct. 9, p. 199

• Not enough hours in the day? Here's two more. Oct. 9, p. 207

• Doctors say, and do, the darndest things. Oct. 9, p. 209

• My brief but exhilarating ride in the fast lane. Dec. 4, p. 106

• Child care: Hiring—and keeping—someone who'll do it right. Dec. 4, p. 112

• A precious gift from my dying son. Dec. 18, p. 71

• Spending too much time in the office? Dec. 18, p. 28

Practice Management

• Your own five-year plan: What do you want to accomplish? Jan. 10, p. 52

• Re-engineer your practice—starting today. Jan. 24, p. 174

• Pick the team, and write the game plan. Feb. 21, p. 74

• Being Dr. Nice Guy can backfire. Feb. 21, p. 125

• Welcoming the menopausal woman to your practice. Feb. 21, p. 148

• Managed care holdouts: How are they doing now? March 6, p. 61

• You mean I can see the doctor today? March 20, p. 114

• Make the most of your staff. April 24, p. 56

• Happy together: What makes a practice endure? May 8, p. 38

• Save thousands a year on medical supplies. May 8, p. 55

• Call is a waste of time. May 8, p. 91

• I hung out my shingle—and waited. May 8, p. 149

• Easy ways to track your progress. May 22, p. 131

• Make your office layout serve your needs. June 19, p. 60

• When to hire another doctor—and how to make it pay. July 10, p. 61

• Will the Internet finally put an end to paperwork? July 10, p. 152

• How connectivity is changing practice. July 10, p. 166

• How I learned to be a better boss. Aug. 7, p. 112

• Get the most out of every patient visit. Aug. 21, p. 96

• Do patients love you, but hate your phones? Sept. 18, p. 77

• The "perfect" office manager cost this practice $100,000. Sept. 18, p. 102

• Do more for your patients by seeing some of them less. Oct. 23, p. 65

• Are you fighting over new patients? Nov. 20, p. 71

• Keep close tabs on your chronic disease patients. Nov. 20, p. 81

• Who'll buy your medical building, Doctor? Dec. 4, p. 77

• Everything I know about medical management I learned from my kids. Dec. 18, p.61

• Re-engineering your practice: Will all that effort really pay off? Dec. 18, p.81

Practice, Special Types

• The bottom-line case for making house calls. Feb. 21, p. 114

• "Boutique" practices: Good medicine—or ethical swamp. July 24, p. 52

• What makes a physician an expert in CAM? July 24, p. 109

• The job offer of a lifetime: Would you have taken it? Dec. 4, p. 158

Primary Care

• Malpractice: Who's on the hook when a hospitalist discharges your patients? March 6, p. 40

• HMNo: The name of this practice says it all. March 6, p. 78

• Are NPs and primary care doctors interchangeable? March 20, p. 198

• Call is a waste of time. May 8, p. 91

• Now I know how patients get lost in the system. May 8, p. 130

• Is primary care paying its way? May 22, p. 156

• "Internists are losers." May 22, p. 163

• Where students pledge themselves to primary care. June 19, p. 80

• We can't let them devalue primary care. Sept. 4, p. 117

• Keep close tabs on your chronic disease patients. Nov. 20, p. 81

Professions, Other

• How plaintiffs' lawyers pick their targets. April 24, p. 94

• Let's stop subsidizing lawyers at medical meetings. June 5, p. 98

• What a behavioral specialist could add to your practice. June 5, p. 149

• The snake in the ER. June 19, p. 71

• The 150 best financial advisers for doctors. Aug. 7, p. 140

• The "perfect" office manager cost this practice $100,000. Sept. 18, p. 102

Records

• Who'd have thought it? Patients are putting their records online. April 10, p. 93

• Never lose a chart again. July 24, p. 95

• Our patient pulled a fast one on Medicare—and on us. Aug. 7, p. 170

• The good news—and bad—about Web-based EMRs. Sept. 4, p. 73

• Get ready for the new privacy rules. Dec. 18, p. 90

Retirement

• Money-saving answers to your tax questions: Retirement savings and family matters. Feb. 7, p. 247

• Get a medical license? It's easier to get a gun. Feb. 7, p. 262

• Cut your 2000 tax bill—starting right now. April 24, p. 53

• How the investment rules are changing: Paint a rose-colored retirement. May 22, p. 78

• A big new break for pension plans. But act fast! Sept. 4, p. 60

• Long range planning: One doctor, three very different financial plans. Nov. 6, p. 104

• Fuel-inject your retirement plan. Nov. 6, p. 135

Taxes

• Answers to your tax questions. Jan. 10, p. 133; Jan. 24, p. 129; Feb. 7, pp. 203, 216, 233, 247;
  Feb. 21, p. 65; March 6, p. 56; March 20, p. 98

• Steer clear of these audit minefields. Feb. 7, p. 222

• Your 1040: Negotiating the maze. Feb. 7, p. 182

• The best Web sites for tazpayers. Feb. 7, p. 209

• Take this tax quiz. You might win $2,000! Feb. 7, p. 236

• Our Tax Quiz: And the winner is . . . March 20, p. 133

• Cut your 2000 tax bil—starting right now. April 24, p. 53

• Cut this year's taxes—it's not too late. Nov. 6, p. 144

• Let your kids save you money, for a change. Nov. 6, p. 155

Travel

• "Go to Mexico," I told my patient. "I'll go with you." Jan. 24, p. 91

• In search of Hippocrates. Feb. 7, p. 146

• In Italy, do as the Italians do—head for the hills. March 6, p. 109

• Europe your way: Who needs a hotel? April 10, p. 125

• Europe your way: Read this before you drive in Europe. April 10, p. 139

• Endoscopy at 35,000 feet: Hand me that duct tape! April 10, p. 235

• Who could resist a time-share in paradise? May 8, p. 214

• Why I'll never travel incognito. May 22, p. 105

• Plan your next vacation on the Internet. Sept. 4, p. 92

• Take your kids on call—the call of the wild. Sept. 18, p. 88

• Where you go to get away from it all. Oct. 9, p. 132

• Scuba diving for fun and credit. Dec. 4, p. 64

Unions

• Doctor unions: Time to join the parade? Jan. 24, p. 76

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