Index of Articles—2001

AIDS

• Doctors Who Go the Extra Mile: Teaching America's children about AIDS. June 4, p. 77
• The needlestick we fear the most. Aug 6, p. 40

Assistants

• What would make your day perfect? Jan 22, p. 104

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 I—and 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 out—in seconds. July 9, p. 28
• Scoop up every dollar you’ve 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

• Has capitation reached its high-water mark? Feb 19, p. 32
• Moonlighting inside the big house. Apr 23, p. 68
• How I stopped an HMO from cutting our capitation rate. Aug 20, p. 39

Cars

• Buy your next car online? You bet! Feb 19, p. 103
• Tour Europe in your new car? Aug 20, p. 70

Colleagues

• Why is it so hard to report a problem doctor? Apr 9, p. 94
• Was I doing my duty—or ratting on a colleague? Apr 9, p. 105
• Maternity leave policies that really deliver. July 9, p. 61
• How humiliating simply to fall apart! Nov 19, p. 40

Compensation

• What they're paying. Jan 6, p. 29
• Primary care: Where do you stand on the pay scale? Mar 19, p. 140
• Survey Report: Earnings: Time to call a code? Sept 17, p. 74
• Survey Report: How are medical subspecialists doing? Oct 8, p. 84

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 I—and 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

• Want to boost revenue? Mount a collections campaign. Mar 19, p. 68
• "They treated me like a criminal." May 7, p. 114
• Coding Consult: Know Medicare's rules on screening exams. June 4, p. 28
• Coding Consult: Get the most out of modifiers. Aug 6, p. 18
• Coding Consult: When a visit is actually a consult. Oct 8, p. 26
• Coding Consult: When you remove a skin lesion. Dec 3, p. 16

Death & Dying

• A doctor's unique living will. Feb 19, p. 140
• Now I understand grief. May 21, p. 76
• School shootings: Doctors were victims, too. July 9, p. 46
• "It's time to quit." Sept 17, p. 89
• A celebration that couldn’t wait. Nov 19, p. 54

Drugs

• These doctors' mission: Keeping drug costs down. Apr 23, p. 108
• Thank God for noncompliance—this time, at least. May 21, p. 111
• Online Prescribing: How one doctor got caught. June 4, p. 32
• Rx price controls: Maine gets a go-ahead. July 9, p. 23
• Who caused this tragic medication mistake? Oct 8, p. 49
• How to say No when antibiotics won't help. Oct 8, p. 73
• Dispense the drugs you prescribe? Nov 19, p. 44
• Treating pain: Damned if you don't? Nov 19, p. 66

Education

• Teaching Doctors to Care: How do we get back our humanity? May 7, p. 96
• Teaching Doctors to Care: These programs focus on relationships. May 7, p. 99
• Doctors Who Go the Extra Mile: Teaching kids about medicine—and kindness. Oct 8, p. 101

Employment

• Your Career Guide—for 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 myself—and 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 work—for 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 life—go flextime. Sept 17, p. 62

Estate Planning

• Is a variable annuity right for you? Feb 19, p. 79
• The best estate-planning tool you've never heard of. Mar 5, p. 53
• Your nest egg just got bigger. Apr 9, p. 67
• "Tiny" mistakes that can cost your heirs a fortune. May 21, p. 92
• Life insurance benefits: This way you write the check. Aug 6, p. 115
• Update your estate plan—right now. Nov 5, p. 21

Ethics

• Was I doing my duty—or ratting on a colleague? Apr 9, p. 105

Family

• A doctor's unique living will. Feb 19, p. 140
• Is this doctor to blame for his brother's death? Aug 20, p. 61
• Downhill, in style. Sept 17, p. 39
• Why I'm going to stay where I'm needed. Nov 19, p. 80

Fees

• Medicare gave you a raise. Have you noticed? Feb 5, p. 26
• Caveat doctor! Medical discount cards could burn you. Feb 19, p. 120
• Survey Report: How are medical subspecialists doing? Oct 8, p. 84
• Survey Report: What you charge vs what you get. Oct 22, p. 50
• Medicare will cut your pay—unless Congress intervenes. Dec 17, p. 19

Foreign Health Care

• A little bit of medicine, a lot of hope. June 4, p. 64

Fraud & Abuse

• Why are the Feds hounding this FP? July 23, p. 22
• Stark reality: The latest self-referral regs. Sept 3, p. 64

Government & Politics

• Washington forecast: Much talk. Any action? May 21, p. 38

Group Practice

• Where the jobs are. Jan 6, p. 18
• Making part-time practice work—for all concerned. June 4, p. 84
• Maternity leave policies that really deliver. July 9, p. 61
• Get a life—go flextime. Sept 17, p. 62
• Handshake partnerships: Tick. . .tick. . .tick. . . Sept 17, p. 51

Health Insurance

• Caveat doctor! Medical discount cards could burn you. Feb 19, p. 120
• When patients get to buy their own health care. Mar 5, p. 94
• Will primary care lead the way to universal coverage? Mar 19, p. 89
• Let's demand full disclosure by HMOs. May 21, p. 59
• Claims in, approvals out—in seconds. July 9, p. 28
• Does mandated diabetes coverage boost compliance? Nov 19, p. 61

Health Policy

• Washington forecast: Much talk. Any action? May 21, p. 38
• American Health Care: What it will take to fix the system. June 18, p. 32
• American Health Care: Who'll lead the way to a better system? July 9, p. 89
• The new IOM report: Will it change your practice? Aug 6, p. 32

Home

• Interest rates have tumbled. Refinance your home loan? June 18, p. 57
• You really do need "luxury" coverage! July 23, p. 38
• Building your dream house. Sept 3, p. 44
• Find tax breaks at home. Nov 19, p. 34

Hospitals

• Go on rounds—in 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 we’ll 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

• Plug the gaps in your insurance policies. Feb 19, p. 56
• 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
• You really do need "luxury" coverage! July 23, p. 38
• Keep that insurer from blocking your disability claim. Aug 6, p. 57
• Life insurance benefits: This way you write the check. Aug 6, p. 115

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 out—in seconds. July 9, p. 28
• Monitor patients online? July 23, p. 67
• Organized medicine’s 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 economy’s 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

Investments—Bonds

• Investment Consult: Best buys in bonds. July 23, p. 18
• Municipal bonds: Not sexy, but always important. Aug 6, p. 44
• Hit a home run with bonds. Nov 5, p. 53

Investments—Mutual 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 smart—stick to funds. June 18, p. 28
• Utility stocks—a 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

Investments—Real Estate

• Real estate profits without the headaches. Jan 22, p. 54
• Turn plain dirt into pay dirt. Mar 5, p. 87

Investments—Stock

• 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 smart—stick to funds. June 18, p. 28
• Utility stocks—a 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

• The HIPAA rules change once more. Mar 19, p. 37
• Can you speak your mind and keep your job? Apr 23, p. 138
• You’d better be able to answer these legal questions. June 18, p. 47
• Managed care on trial. Aug 6, p. 111
• Will managed care die in court? Sept 3, p. 30
• When you need a second legal opinion. Sept 3, p. 56
• Stark reality: The latest self-referral regs. Sept 3, p. 64

Legislation

• Does mandated diabetes coverage boost compliance? Nov 19, p. 61

Malpractice

• Doctor discipline—or "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: Don’t 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

• Home care: Your best ally against refractory illness. Apr 9, p. 76

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 rounds—in 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 medicine—and kindness. Oct 8, p. 101
• September 11, 2001: Doctors answered the call. Oct 22, p. 28

Medicare/Medicaid

• Compliance plans: How optional, really? Jan 22, p. 36
• Medicare gave you a raise. Have you noticed? Feb 5, p. 26
• Home care: Your best ally against refractory illness. Apr 9, p. 76
• Are you collecting illegal dollars for "incident to" services? Apr 23, p. 89
• "They treated me like a criminal." May 7, p. 114
• Let's demand full disclosure by HMOs. May 21, p. 59
• Medicare will cut your pay—unless Congress intervenes. Dec 17, p. 19
• Who says Medicaid can't get worse? Dec 17, p. 24

Midlevel Providers

• Elbow-to-elbow with my NP "roommate." Mar 19, p. 111
• Are you collecting illegal dollars for "incident to" services? Apr 23, p. 89

Office

• Spot the safety hazards in this office—and yours. May 7, p. 77
• Is a "mystery shopper" lurking in your waiting room? May 21, p. 63
• Why I'm going to stay where I'm needed. Nov 19, p. 80

Organized Medicine

• Will primary care lead the way to universal coverage? Mar 19, p. 89
• Why is it so hard to report a problem doctor? Apr 9, p. 94
• Shaping your profile on the Web. May 7, p. 28
• Organized medicine’s new turf: e-services. July 23, p. 47
• America’s best medical society? Aug 6, p. 77
• Will managed care die in court? Sept 3, p. 30

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 noncompliance—this time, at least. May 21, p. 111
• Problem patient? Use the three Ps. June 4, p. 57
• You’d 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 couldn’t wait. Nov 19, p. 54

Peer Review

• Doctor discipline—or "medical McCarthyism"? Mar 19, p. 51
• Peer Review Gone Awry: The bittersweet victory of Dr. Schulze. June 4, p. 106

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 debt—and 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 plan—right 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 myself—and 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 dentist’s 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 I—and how we've helped each other. Apr 23, p. 83
• Spot the safety hazards in this office—and 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

• Are you cut out to be a country doc? Jan 6, p. 35
• Who wants to be a millionaire inventor? Apr 9, p. 145
• Moonlighting inside the big house. Apr 23, p. 68
• Learning to heal, one patient at a time. Apr 23, p. 121
• What made 50 people so sick? Apr 23, p. 135
• Making part-time practice work—for all concerned. June 4, p. 84
• Now that was a sabbatical! Dec 3, p. 36
• Meet a one-of-a-kind specialist. Dec 3, p. 48

Primary Care

• Will primary care lead the way to universal coverage? Mar 19, p. 89
• Primary care: Where do you stand on the pay scale? Mar 19, p. 140
• How to get help for your troubled patients. Apr 9, p. 87
• Court to FP: The OR is off limits! July 9, p. 72
• Don't call me a primary care physician! Sept 3, p. 39

Professions, Other

• How to get help for your troubled patients. Apr 9, p. 87
• A medical crisis: Who'll care for your patients? May 7, p. 67
• Financial advisers: Making sure you're the winner in the battle for your buck. May 7, p. 91
• Is a "mystery shopper" lurking in your waiting room? May 21, p. 63
• Building your dream house. Sept 3, p. 44
• When you need a second legal opinion. Sept 3, p. 56
• Make sure you get good advice. Nov 5, p. 8

Records

• The HIPAA rules change once more. Mar 19, p. 37
• You’d better be able to answer these legal questions. June 18, p. 47
• Computer Consult: Online labs and EMRs: A marriage that clicks. Dec 3, p. 20

Retirement

• Leaving practice, but not the profession. Feb 5, p. 96
• Your nest egg just got bigger. Apr 9, p. 67
• Financial Survey: Retirement funding falls again. July 23, p. 78
• Retire? Not likely! Oct 8, p. 44
• Grab new pension plan breaks. Nov 5, p. 40

Solo Practice

• Do you have the right stuff to go solo? Jan 6, p. 121
• 5 new-practice pitfalls. May 21, p. 85

Specialty Practice

• How to get help for your troubled patients. Apr 9, p. 87
• Doctors Who Go the Extra Mile: Keeping kids who need care from falling through the cracks. Apr 9, p. 111
• How good are the specialists you refer to? June 18, p. 60
• Court to FP: The OR is off limits! July 9, p. 72
• Survey Report: How are medical subspecialists doing? Oct 8, p. 84

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 plan—right 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

Travel

• So many travel guides. . .which ones to buy? Mar 5, p. 79
• Do airfares really cost less online? Apr 9, p. 61
• Tour Europe in your new car? Aug 20, p. 70
• Downhill, in style. Sept 17, p. 39
• Now that was a sabbatical! Dec 3, p. 36

Newly enhanced 2001 Article Index.

Medical Economics