Index of Articles—2001
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AIDS
Assistants
Billings
- Compliance plans: How optional, really?Jan 22, p. 36
- Want to boost revenue? Mount a collections campaign. Mar 19, p. 68
- Moonlighting inside the big house. Apr 23, p. 68
- Dad and Iand how we've helped each other. Apr 23, p. 83
- Are you collecting illegal dollars for "incident to" services? Apr 23, p. 89
- Claims in, approvals outin seconds. July 9, p. 28
- Scoop up every dollar youve earned. Sept 3, p. 112
- Computer Consult: Many health plans, one Web site. Oct 8, p. 18
- How the device in your hand can put more money in your pocket. Dec 17, p. 44
Capitation
Cars
Colleagues
Compensation
Computers
- Computer Consult. Feb 5, p. 23
- A fast route to a great return. Feb 5, p. 69
- Computer Consult: Is your system in neutral when it should be in drive? Apr 9, p. 156
- Keep your practice alive when the computer goes dead. Apr 9, p. 30
- Dad and Iand how we've helped each other. Apr 23, p. 83
- Computer Consult: E-health gurus still expect to transform your world. May 7, p. 20
- Computer Consult: The only dumb question is the one you don't ask. June 4, p. 24
- Computer Consult: Take a hard line on software support. July 9, p. 14
- Computer Consult: Put a PC in your waiting room! Sept 3, p. 26
- Computer Consult: Many health plans, one Web site. Oct 8, p. 18
- Simplify your financial life. Nov 5, p. 92
- Dispense the drugs you prescribe? Nov 19, p. 44
- IPA's challenge: Getting doctors hooked up. The Connected Physician, Fall 2001 (supplement), p. 6
- Can an ASP save you money? The Connected Physician, Fall 2001 (supplement), p. 10
- Lab online: Everybody wins. The Connected Physician, Fall 2001 (supplement), p. 16
- Computer Consult: Online labs and EMRs: A marriage that clicks. Dec 3, p. 20
- How the device in your hand can put more money in your pocket. Dec 17, p. 44
CPT Coding
Death & Dying
Drugs
Education
Employment
- Your Career Guidefor the rest (and best) of your life. Jan 6, p. 8
- Where the jobs are. Jan 6, p. 18
- What they're paying. Jan 6, p. 29
- Are you cut out to be a country doc? Jan 6, p. 35
- Knowing who you are and what you want. Jan 6, p. 47
- Job search strategies that really work. Jan 6, p. 62
- Acing the interview. Jan 6, p. 69
- Shape a contract you'll be glad you signed. Jan 6, p. 79
- Can you find happiness where you are? Jan 6, p. 88
- Make your practice more profitable. Jan 6, p. 106
- Do you have the right stuff to go solo? Jan 6, p. 121
- Knowing when it's time to move on. Jan 6, p. 127
- Stuck midstream? Change horses. Jan 22, p. 72
- Some are meant to lead. Maybe you. Jan 22, p. 85
- Stay young, I told myselfand took up the cello. Apr 9, p. 115
- This doctor works for a song. Apr 9, p. 120
- Can you speak your mind and keep your job? Apr 23, p. 138
- "All the good doctors always leave." May 7, p. 55
- Making part-time practice workfor all concerned. June 4, p. 84
- Maternity leave policies that really deliver. July 9, p. 61
- These doctors cope with disability. Could you? July 9, p. 117
- Get a lifego flextime. Sept 17, p. 62
Estate Planning
Ethics
Family
Fees
Foreign Health Care
Fraud & Abuse
Government & Politics
Group Practice
Health Insurance
Health Policy
Home
Hospitals
- Go on roundsin a hospitalist's shoes. Feb 19, p. 52
- Can you speak your mind and keep your job? Apr 23, p. 138
- A medical crisis: Who'll care for your patients? May 7, p. 67
- Court to FP: The OR is off limits! July 9, p. 72
- "Discharge patients sooner, or well discharge you." July 9, p. 100
- Hospital-stay guidelines: Just plain weird. Aug 6, p. 86
- Who caused this tragic medication mistake? Oct 8, p. 49
- The team that triggered a malpractice shootout. Oct 22, p. 18
- What will it take to solve the ER crisis? Dec 3, p. 70
Insurance
Internet
- Job search strategies that really work. Jan 6, p. 62
- Need help in a hurry? Hit the Web. Feb 5, p. 89
- The best Web sites for picking and tracking stocks. Mar 19, p. 104
- Do airfares really cost less online? Apr 9, p. 61
- E-mail etiquette. Apr 23, p. 61
- Shaping your profile on the Web. May 7, p. 28
- Online Prescribing: How one doctor got caught. June 4, p. 32
- Claims in, approvals outin seconds. July 9, p. 28
- Monitor patients online? July 23, p. 67
- Organized medicines new turf: e-services. July 23, p. 47
- E-mail patients? Don't be nervous. Do be careful. Sept 3, p. 83
- Computer Consult: Many health plans, one Web site. Oct 8, p. 18
- IPA's challenge: Getting doctors hooked up. The Connected Physician, Fall 2001 (supplement), p. 6
- Can an ASP save you money? The Connected Physician, Fall 2001 (supplement), p. 10
- Lab online: Everybody wins. The Connected Physician, Fall 2001 (supplement), p. 16
Investments
- Is a variable annuity right for you? Feb 19, p. 79
- Financial advisers: Making sure you're the winner in the battle for your buck. May 7, p. 91
- Keep your portfolio pumping in a slowed-down market. May 7, p. 38
- Smart about money matters? Take this quiz. June 4, p. 71
- Doctor Investors: Weathering a stormy market. June 18, p. 88
- Investment Consult: Heed the economys vital signs. Aug 20, p. 22
- Avoid these financial missteps. Oct 8, p. 64
- Investment Consult: Four books every investor should read. Oct 22, p. 15
- Energize short-term investments. Nov 5, p. 44
- Antiques: Telling treasures from trash. Nov 19, p. 75
- Investment Insider: Nancy Zambell on finding bargain stocks. Dec 3, p. 53
- Investment Consult: Investing with your spouse needn't be Mission Impossible. Dec 17, p. 12
InvestmentsBonds
InvestmentsMutual Funds
- Why mutual funds miss their mark. Apr 9, p. 38
- Keep your portfolio pumping in a slowed-down market. May 7, p. 38
- Sector Investing: Soar with banks, brokerages, and insurance companies. June 4, p. 46
- Investment Consult: Play it smartstick to funds. June 18, p. 28
- Utility stocksa powerful choice. Aug 20, p. 47
- Energize short-term investments. Nov 5, p. 44
- Score with these mutual funds. Nov 5, p. 73
- Decide what to sell. Nov 5, p. 85
- Don't give up on tech stocks. Dec 17, p. 29
InvestmentsReal Estate
InvestmentsStock
- The best Web sites for picking and tracking stocks. Mar 19, p. 104
- 25 top health care stocks: Will they lead the next market boom? Apr 9, p. 126
- Sector Investing: Soar with banks, brokerages, and insurance companies. June 4, p. 46
- Investment Consult: Play it smartstick to funds. June 18, p. 28
- Utility stocksa powerful choice. Aug 20, p. 47
- Investment Insider: Jim Weiss on small-cap stocks. Oct 22, p. 38
- Snap up these stocks. Nov 5, p. 65
- Decide what to sell. Nov 5, p. 85
- Investment Consult: Can you trust stock analysts? Not always. Nov 19, p. 18
- Investment Insider: Nancy Zambell on finding bargain stocks. Dec 3, p. 53
- Don't give up on tech stocks. Dec 17, p. 29
Law
Legislation
Malpractice
- Doctor disciplineor "medical McCarthyism"? Mar 19, p. 51
- My malpractice case was literally a trial by fire. Mar 19, p. 57
- Shaping your profile on the Web. May 7, p. 28
- A New "Malpractice Crisis"? Why premiums are soaring again. July 9, p. 132
- Malpractice: Where a war on doctors has already begun. July 9, p. 139
- What to say if you made a mistake. Aug 20, p. 26
- Is this doctor to blame for his brother's death? Aug 20, p. 61
- E-mail patients? Don't be nervous. Do be careful. Sept 3, p. 83
- Who caused this tragic medication mistake? Oct 8, p. 49
- The team that triggered a malpractice shootout. Oct 22, p. 18
- "Let the dead dog lie." Nov 19, p. 30
- Treating pain: Damned if you don't? Nov 19, p. 66
Managed Care
- Prompt-pay laws are finally getting teeth. Jan 22, p. 47
- A $25 million IOU. Mar 5, p. 26
- PPMs: Going . . . going . . . Mar 5, p. 60
- My patients got an HMO to take me back. Mar 5, p. 118
- Let's demand full disclosure by HMOs. May 21, p. 59
- Peer Review Gone Awry: The bittersweet victory of Dr. Schulze. June 4, p. 106
- Hospital-stay guidelines: Just plain weird. Aug 6, p. 86
- Managed care on trial. Aug 6, p. 111
- How I stopped an HMO from cutting our capitation rate. Aug 20, p. 39
- Will managed care die in court? Sept 3, p. 30
- Insurance hassles: Dont get mad, get results. Sept 3, p. 100
- Will this medical brownout ever end? Oct 8, p. 33
- IPA's challenge: Getting doctors hooked up. The Connected Physician, Fall 2001 (supplement), p. 6
- Survey Report: Managed care: Could you live without it? Dec 3, p. 26
Medical Care Costs
Medical Economics Surveys
- Primary care: Where do you stand on the pay scale? Mar 19, p. 140
- A slip in net worth. May 21, p. 122
- Doctor Investors: Weathering a stormy market. June 18, p. 88
- Financial Survey: Retirement funding falls again. July 23, p. 78
- Financial Survey: Women gain ground. Aug 6, p. 22
- Financial Survey: Young doctors face a steep climb. Aug 20, p. 82
- Survey Report: Earnings: Time to call a code? Sept 17, p. 74
- Survey Report: How are medical subspecialists doing? Oct 8, p. 84
- Survey Report: What you charge vs what you get. Oct 22, p. 50
- Survey Report: Are you really working harder now? Nov 19, p. 22
- Survey Report: Managed care: Could you live without it? Dec 3, p. 26
- Survey Report: What doctors want most from practice. Dec 17, p. 38
Medical Profession
- Stuck midstream? Change horses. Jan 22, p. 72
- Some are meant to lead. Maybe you. Jan 22, p. 85
- Eager to quit? Be careful what you wish for. Feb 5, p. 106
- Go on roundsin a hospitalist's shoes. Feb 19, p. 52
- How patients' emotions can unlock a diagnosis. Mar 19, p. 120
- Flashback in Medical Economics. Mar 19, p. 131
- Why is it so hard to report a problem doctor? Apr 9, p. 94
- Doctors Who Go the Extra Mile: Keeping kids who need care from falling through the cracks. Apr 9, p. 111
- "All the good doctors always leave." May 7, p. 55
- Teaching Doctors to Care: How do we get back our humanity? May 7, p. 96
- Doctors Who Go the Extra Mile: Teaching America's children about AIDS. June 4, p. 77
- The new IOM report: Will it change your practice? Aug 6, p. 32
- Doctors Who Go the Extra Mile: Patients wonder when he sleeps. Aug 6, p. 55
- Are we doctors, or high priests of healing? Aug 20, p. 57
- Don't call me a primary care physician! Sept 3, p. 39
- Doctors Who Go the Extra Mile: Teaching kids about medicineand kindness. Oct 8, p. 101
- September 11, 2001: Doctors answered the call. Oct 22, p. 28
Medicare/Medicaid
Midlevel Providers
Office
Organized Medicine
Patients
- "Perfect is the enemy of the good." Jan 22, p. 99
- Doctors Who Go the Extra Mile: Helping the addicted. Feb 19, p. 85
- I could not let this patient die. Mar 5, p. 43
- My patients got an HMO to take me back. Mar 5, p. 118
- Patients think you're a miracle worker? Watch out! Mar 19, p. 100
- How patients' emotions can unlock a diagnosis. Mar 19, p. 120
- Learning to heal, one patient at a time. Apr 23, p. 121
- "Doctor, I know there's something wrong." May 7, p. 123
- Now I understand grief. May 21, p. 76
- Thank God for noncompliancethis time, at least. May 21, p. 111
- Problem patient? Use the three Ps. June 4, p. 57
- Youd better be able to answer these legal questions. June 18, p. 47
- How good are the specialists you refer to? June 18, p. 60
- 12 surefire ways to lose patients. June 18, p. 79
- School shootings: Doctors were victims, too. July 9, p. 46
- Monitor patients online? July 23, p. 67
- The needlestick we fear the most. Aug 6, p. 40
- "No, Duke. No divorce". Aug 20, p. 74
- E-mail patients? Don't be nervous. Do be careful. Sept 3, p. 83
- Diagnostic tools you can't afford to ignore. Sept 17, p. 70
- "It's time to quit." Sept 17, p. 89
- How to say No when antibiotics won't help. Oct 8, p. 73
- Chief complaint: Haunted house. Oct 22, p. 45
- A celebration that couldnt wait. Nov 19, p. 54
Peer Review
Personal Finances
- Make your practice more profitable. Jan 6, p. 106
- Treating the underserved: You call this an incentive? Jan 22, p. 31
- Is a variable annuity right for you? Feb 19, p. 79
- New target for thieves: Your good name. Feb 19, p. 45
- When splurging is worth it. Feb 19, p. 133
- Hidden in your 1040: Solid financial advice. Mar 19, p. 40
- Have trouble saving? Take these tips. Mar 19, p. 63
- The best Web sites for picking and tracking stocks. Mar 19, p. 104
- Financial Makeover: $739,000 in debtand wanting to start a family. Apr 23, p. 46
- Financial advisers: Making sure you're the winner in the battle for your buck. May 7, p. 91
- Improve your "credit score"and pay less for a loan. May 21, p. 46
- "Tiny" mistakes that can cost your heirs a fortune. May 21, p. 92
- A slip in net worth. May 21, p. 122
- Interest rates have tumbled. Refinance your home loan? June 18, p. 57
- Doctor Investors: Weathering a stormy market. June 18, p. 88
- Financial Makeover: Finally earning "real money" now what? July 9, p. 104
- Financial Survey: Retirement funding falls again. July 23, p. 78
- Financial Survey: Women gain ground. Aug 6, p. 22
- Financial Survey: Young doctors face a steep climb. Aug 20, p. 82
- Avoid these financial missteps. Oct 8, p. 64
- Steps to take now to make next year better. Nov 5, p. 7
- Make sure you get good advice. Nov 5, p. 8
- Build a plan. Nov 5, p. 10
- Update your estate planright now. Nov 5, p. 21
- Act fast to cut 2001 taxes. Nov 5, p. 32
- Pare down debt. Nov 5, p. 35
- Grab new pension plan breaks. Nov. 5, p. 40
- Energize short-term investments. Nov 5, p. 44
- Hit a home run with bonds. Nov 5, p. 53
- Snap up these stocks. Nov 5, p. 65
- Score with these mutual funds. Nov 5, p. 73
- Decide what to sell. Nov 5, p. 85
- Simplify your financial life. Nov 5, p. 92
- Antiques: Telling treasures from trash. Nov 19, p. 75
- How to pick the perfect private school. Dec 3, p. 36
Personal Life
- Knowing when it's time to move on. Jan 6, p. 127
- Stuck midstream? Change horses. Jan 22, p. 72
- Eager to quit? Be careful what you wish for. Feb 5, p. 106
- New target for thieves: Your good name. Feb 19, p. 45
- When splurging is worth it. Feb 19, p. 133
- I could not let this patient die. Mar 5, p. 43
- My malpractice case was literally a trial by fire. Mar 19, p. 57
- Unconscious in the ICU: Been there, done that. Apr 9, p. 54
- Stay young, I told myselfand took up the cello. Apr 9, p. 115
- This doctor works for a song. Apr 9, p. 120
- Who wants to be a millionaire inventor? Apr 9, p. 145
- What made 50 people so sick? Apr 23, p. 135
- Now I understand grief. May 21, p. 76
- Visions of death in the dentists chair. May 21, p. 136
- A little bit of medicine, a lot of hope. June 4, p. 64
- Doctors Who Go the Extra Mile: Teaching America's children about AIDS. June 4, p. 77
- School shootings: Doctors were victims, too. July 9, p. 46
- These doctors cope with disability. Could you? July 9, p. 117
- Two ways to beat stress. July 23, p. 52
- Why I give cash to total strangers. Sept 3, p. 78
- Fighting the "pickle" in my head. Sept 3, p. 93
- Retire? Not likely! Oct 8, p. 44
- Melanoma gave me a wake-up call. Oct 22, p. 58
- How humiliating simply to fall apart! Nov 19, p. 40
- Now that was a sabbatical! Dec 3, p. 36
Practice Management
- Can you find happiness where you are? Jan 6, p. 88
- Compliance plans: How optional, really? Jan 22, p. 36
- What would make your day perfect? Jan 22, p. 104
- Computer Consult. Feb 5, p. 23
- Would your new associate make a good partner? Try this test. Feb 19, p. 70
- A $25 million IOU. Mar 5, p. 26
- Want to boost revenue? Mount a collections campaign. Mar 19, p. 68
- Elbow-to-elbow with my NP "roommate." Mar 19, p. 111
- Dad and Iand how we've helped each other. Apr 23, p. 83
- Spot the safety hazards in this officeand yours. May 7, p. 77
- Is a "mystery shopper" lurking in your waiting room? May 21, p. 63
- 5 new-practice pitfalls. May 21, p. 85
- 12 surefire ways to lose patients. June 18, p. 79
- Stop the money drain! Sept 3, p. 108
- Follow-up care: Nuts, bolts, carrots, and sticks. Sept 17, p. 30
- Handshake partnerships: Tick. . .tick. . .tick. . . Sept 17, p. 51
- Survey Report: Are you really working harder now? Nov 19, p. 22
- Why I'm going to stay where I'm needed. Nov 19, p. 80
- IPA's challenge: Getting doctors hoooked up. The Connected Physician, Fall 2001 (supplement), p. 6
- Can an ASP save you money? The Connected Physician, Fall 2001 (supplement), p. 10
- Lab online: Everybody wins. The Connected Physician, Fall 2001 (supplement), p. 16
- Survey Report: What doctors want most from practice. Dec 17, p. 38
Practice, Special Types
Primary Care
Professions, Other
Records
Retirement
Solo Practice
Specialty Practice
Taxes
- Answers to your tax questions. Jan 22, p. 95
- Don't overpay Uncle Sam. Feb 5, p. 37
- Get your (f)act(s) together. Feb 5, p. 61
- A fast route to a great return. Feb 5, p. 69
- Answers to your tax questions. Feb 5, p. 78
- Sorry, Doc, your Rolex isn't deductible. Feb 5, p. 85
- Need help in a hurry? Hit the Web. Feb 5, p. 89
- Show us your tax savvy. You may win $2,001. Feb 5, p. 116
- Is a variable annuity right for you? Feb 19, p. 79
- Answers to your tax questions. Feb 19, p. 92
- Answers to your tax questions. Mar 5, p. 36
- Hidden in your 1040: Solid financial advice. Mar 19, p. 40
- Our $2,001 tax quiz: And the winner is. . . Mar 19, p. 81
- Answers to your tax questions. Mar 19, p. 117
- "Tiny" mistakes that can cost your heirs a fortune. May 21, p. 92
- Smart about money matters? Take this quiz. June 4, p. 71
- Make the most of the new tax law. Sept 17, p. 22
- Update your estate planright now. Nov 5, p. 21
- Act fast to cut 2001 taxes. Nov 5, p. 32
- Grab new pension plan breaks. Nov 5, p. 40
- Find tax breaks at home. Nov 19, p. 34
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