Index of Articles—2002

Alternative Medicine

• The year I chucked conventional medicine. Jun 21, p. 31
• Hemlock is natural, too. Nov 8, p. 92

Assistants

• Hiring—and keeping—good clerical staff. Jan 11, p. 51
• Practice Pointers: How to find and keep top-notch clinical staff. Mar 8, p. 36
• Practice Pointers: How to find a billing boss who fits the bill. Mar 22, p. 73
• Practice Pointers: Is your practice staffed correctly? Jun 21, p. 66
• Practice Pointers: When it's time to give an employee the boot. July 26, p. 58
• Practice Pointers: Don't let lunch money bandits steal you blind. Aug 23, p. 45
• Practice Pointers: Get your office software out of first gear. Oct 25, p. 54
• I had to fire a patient. Nov 8, p. 72
• Practice Pointers: Turn a problem employee into a pearl. Dec 23, p. 19

Billings

• Coding Consult: E&M—Out with the new, in with the old. Feb 8, p. 20
• Coding Consult: Fraud busters have their eye on you (still). Mar 8, p. 20
• Practice Pointers: How to find a billing boss who fits the bill. Mar 22, p. 73
• Practice Pointers: Increase collections—watch those EOBs! Apr 26, p. 35
• Practice Pointers: Don't let dollars walk out the door. May 24, p. 58
• Coding Consult: Answers to your questions about . . . Jun 21, p. 17
• Why I had to pay my patients' lab bills. Dec 9, p. 54

Cars

• Keep your car from eating your cash. Jan 25, p. 61
• Car options: Must-haves and forget-its. Feb 22, p. 51
• How to talk an elderly patient off the road. May 24, p. 45
• Putting your license at risk. Nov 8, p. 85

Clinical Practice

• Terrorism: Guarding against biological agents. Oct 25, p. 47

Coding

• Coding Consult: New codes for 2002. Jan 11, p. 21
• Coding Consult: E&M—Out with the new, in with the old. Feb 8, p. 20
• How I cracked the CPT codes. Feb 22, p. 26
• Coding Consult: Fraud busters have their eye on you (still). Mar 8, p. 20
• Coding Consult: Low-level codes can bring in high revenue. Apr 12, p. 25
• Demystifying the art of coding. Apr 12, p. 140
• Coding Consult: Answers to your questions about. . .using the right after-hours code; coding an anxious patient's blood test. Apr 26, p. 19
• Practice Pointers: Increase collections—watch those EOBs! Apr 26, p. 35
• Coding Consult: How to code minor derm procedures. May 10, p. 24
• Coding Consult: Answers to your questions about. . . coding a get-acquainted visit; billing for an office visit and a hospital admission; coding for fracture care. May 24, p. 14
• Coding Consult: Make sure you're paid for counseling. Jun 7, p. 24
• Coding Consult: Answers to your questions about. . .charging for time spent on paperwork; coding when you can't get a history from the patient; billing for travel time Jun 21, p. 17
• Coding Consult: What's in the stars? July 12, p. 27
• Coding Consult: Answers to your questions about . . .a patient who's new to the practice but not the doctor; assigning codes based on symptoms or findings; coding for a face lesion biopsy. July 26, p. 16
• Coding Consult: Homing in on nursing home codes. Aug 9, p. 24
• Coding Consult: Answers to your questions about . . .vision screening; sports physicals; reciprocal billing. Aug 23, p. 16
• Coding Consult: You can get paid for ED services. Sept 9, p. 23
• Coding Consult: Answers to your questions about. . . medication evaluations; BP checks; two office visits a day Sept 23, p. 14
• Coding Consult: Nailing down pre-op clearance exams. Oct 11, p. 31
• Coding Consult: Answers to your questions about. . .psychiatric codes; referrals; Xylocaine injections. Oct 25, p. 17
• Coding Consult: Six top coding tips. Nov 8, p. 18
• Coding Consult: Answers to your questions about. . .phone calls; patient fearing STDs; two providers, one lesion. Nov 22, p. 16
• Coding Consult: New codes you need to know. Dec 9, p. 23
• Coding Consult: Answers to your questions about. . . pathology and radiology codes; home colorectal screening; Depo-Provera injections. Dec 23, p. 14

Colleagues

• Calming the waters in group practice conflicts. Feb 22, p. 31
• The day I learned how to be a doctor. Mar 8, p. 93
• Why etiology matters. Apr 12, p. 130
• Impaired Physicians: Speak no evil? Oct 11, p. 110
• When doctors put patients at risk. Nov 22, p. 25

Compensation

• Does your compensation formula pass the smell test? Feb 22, p. 72
• The Feds ease antitrust rules—cautiously. Jun 21, p. 55
• Earnings Survey: More hours, more patients, no raise? Nov 22, p. 76

Computers

• Computer Consult: Toward a handheld EMR. Jan 11, p. 26
• Computer Consult: More "dumb" questions smart doctors ask. Feb 8, p. 24
• Your 2001 taxes: Get the software you need. Feb 8, p. 87
• Computer Consult: Voice recognition programs speak your language. Mar 8, p. 25
• Computer Consult: Drowning in documents? Scan 'em! Apr 12, p. 31
• EMRs cost too much? This group says No Way! Apr 12, p. 34
• EMRs boost efficiency, too. Apr 12, p. 38
• Computer Consult: I'd rather give up ATMs. Jun 7, p. 30
• Computer Consult: Beam it up, Doctor. July 12, p. 34
• Computer Consult: EMR? Not exactly. Good enough? For now. Aug 9, p. 32
• Computer Consult: How to get the lowdown on EMR software. Oct 11, p. 42
• Practice Pointers: Get your office software out of first gear. Oct 25, p. 54
• Computer Consult: What if the power goes off? Nov 8, p. 26
• Computer Consult: Keep tabs on who sees what. Dec 9, p. 27

Death & Dying

• Mercy—or murder? Jan 11, p. 34
• A gentle goodnight. Mar 8, p. 46
• "Take my life, but spare my son's". Apr 12, p. 111
• DNR: Did Helen still want to die? May 24, p. 50
• "We can take care of ourselves, Dad". Jun 7, p. 114
• What caused this young mother's sudden death? Jun 21, p. 47
• Why I still cry. July 12, p. 65
• Sometimes we do things right. Aug 23, p. 55
• Assisted suicide? Pain control? Where's the line? Oct 11, p. 48
• How I got through to Kari's mother. Dec 9, p. 42

Drugs

• Mercy—or murder? Jan 11, p. 34
• In my practice, computers replace brown paper bags. Jan 25, p. 56
• Watch out for these drug scams. Mar 8, p. 81
• Did I help Bobby kill himself? Sept 9, p. 79

Education

• How to pump up college savings. Jan 25, p. 43
• Doctors Who Go The Extra Mile: Giving students a taste of medicine. Apr 12, p. 117
• The Way I See It: CMEzzzzzzzzzz. Apr 26, p. 50
• Student debt: Is one bill better? May 24, p. 39
• The resident who "fired" me did me a favor. Sept 9, p. 94

Employment

• Hiring—and keeping—good clerical staff. Jan 11, p. 51
• What's on the horizon for primary care? Feb 8, p. 26
• How to keep your job in a tight market. Feb 8, p. 104
• 8 ways to escape your employer. Feb 22, p. 88
• What to ask when recruiters come calling. Sept 9, p. 89
• MD 1, New York Times 0. Sept 23, p. 52

Equipment

• These sharps rules can stick you—big time. July 12, p. 74
• Do you need a paper shredder? Nov 8, p. 51

Estate Planning

• How to limit Uncle Sam's share of retirement benefits. Aug 9, p. 50
• Who should handle your estate? Nov 8, p. 52

Ethics

• To tell or not to tell? May 10, p. 101
• Full-body scans—or scams? Aug 9, p. 62

Ethics Survey

Expenses

• Expense Survey: What it costs to practice today. Dec 9, p. 36

Family

• A gentle goodnight. Mar 8, p. 46
• "Take my life, but spare my son's". Apr 12, p. 111
• Coping with your own child's illness. Jun 7, p. 125
• Take your kids on a cruise? They'll love it--and so will you. Jun 7, p. 108
• Kids and money: Teaching the tykes. July 26, p. 25
• Kids and money: Higher finance. July 26, p. 31

Fees

• RBRVS: How well is it working? July 12, p. 69
• We're not leaving $250,000 on the table anymore. Sept 9, p. 52
• New Fee Survey: Bridging the reimbursement gap. Nov 8, p. 96

Foreign Health Care

• Doctors who go The Extra Mile: Bodyguards, land mines, and medicine. Dec 9, p. 91

Fraud & Abuse

• Are those lab payments really kickbacks? Jan 25, p. 74
• Does your compensation formula pass the smell test? Feb 22, p. 72

Government & Politics

• Washington outlook: Action on health care in 2002? Jan 25, p. 22
• Coding Consult: Fraud busters have their eye on you (still). Mar 8, p. 20
• My patients are also my constituents. Jun 7, p. 69
• Special Report: What's the Washington outlook now? Dec 9, p. 33

Group Practice

• How to keep your job in a tight market. Feb 8, p. 104
• Calming the waters in group practice conflicts. Feb 22, p. 31
• What makes a group practice thrive. Feb 22, p. 65
• 8 ways to escape your employer. Feb 22, p. 88
• Cut out the insurance middleman? Mar 8, p. 89
• Little things work wonders. Apr 26, p. 93
• Questions to ask before joining a multispecialty group. May 10, p. 124
• Better quality care, bigger paycheck. Sept 9, p. 99
• Does tort reform protect groups, too? Dec 9, p. 62

Health Insurance

• Cut out the insurance middleman? Mar 8, p. 89
• The uninsured: Still no real champion. July 12, p. 79
• Better quality care, bigger paycheck. Sept 9, p. 99
• Managed Care: Can lying be good medicine? Oct 11, p. 86
• We nailed an HMO for $6 million. Dec 23, p. 60

Health Policy

• Washington outlook: Action on health care in 2002? Jan 25, p. 22
• Will the states cook up a health care fix? July 12, p. 38
• The uninsured: Still no real champion. July 12, p. 79

Home

• Set up your home office the right way. Mar 22, p. 52
• Get the best deal on your next house. May 10, p. 80
• How to keep property taxes in check. Jun 7, p. 78

Hospitals

• Malpractice: Why I would have sided with the plaintiffs. May 10, p. 53
• Do Good Samaritan laws protect you in the hospital? May 10, p. 92
• This doctor's peer review suit cost him $240,000. Jun 21, p. 26
• Hospital hardball. Aug 9, p. 72
• The changing face of hospital practice. Aug 23, p. 72
• The frog that roared. Nov 8, p. 31

Humor

• How I cracked the CPT codes. Feb 22, p. 26
• Ask your patient to sign this! Dec 23, p. 40

Insurance

• Keep your car from eating your cash. Jan 25, p. 61
• Options for boosting your disability coverage. Mar 8, p. 50
• Travel insurance: Should you leave home without it? May 10, p. 63
• Life insurance: What kind? How much? July 12, p. 44
• Malpractice crisis? Not here! July 12, p. 86
• How a malpractice insurer grew TOO BIG TOO FAST. Sept 23, p. 60
• Malpractice premiums: Soaring again. Dec 9, p. 51

Internet

• At Kaiser, a vision of the connected future. Feb 8, p. 52
• Order supplies online? You bet! Mar 8, p. 55
• Computer Consult: I'd rather give up ATMs. Jun 7, p. 30
• Computer Consult: Make your Web site a teaching tool. Sept 9, p. 28
• Confessions of an eBay junkie. Dec 9, p. 65

Investments

• Investment Consult: You need more than stocks. Jan 25, p. 18
• Investment Consult: Should a team manage your portfolio? Feb 22, p. 16
• What—better returns with less investment risk? Mar 8, p. 31
• What's your financial IQ? Apr 12, p. 102
• Investment Consult: Time to tune up your portfolio. May 24, p. 28
• Bad brokers: Dr. Maderazo fought back. So can you. Jun 7, p. 130
• Investment Consult: Is it a scam? Tips for the wary investor. Jun 21, p. 18
• Investment Consult: Are you as diversified as you think? Aug 23, p. 18
• Your adviser's switching firms. Should you? Aug 23, p. 28
• What's a hedge fund, anyway? Aug 23, p. 59
• Investment Consult: How to profit in today's market. Sept 23, p. 17
• Is a full-service brokerage for you? Sept 23, p. 20
• Investment Consult: Time to dial up telecom stocks? Oct 25, p. 19
• Tips from MDs turned investment pros. Oct 25, p. 24
• Invest in the euro? Maybe. Nov 8, p. 91
• Investment Consult: How'm I doing? Nov 22, p. 22
• Investment tips for the fearless. Nov 22, p. 37
• Investment Consult: Quit work, quit investing? Dec 23, p. 17
• Make your investment decisions less taxing. Dec 23, p. 30

Investment—Mutual Funds

• Get ready for the market recovery. Mar 22, p. 39
• Investment Insider: Don Phillips on mutual funds. Apr 12, p. 76
• How 5 top mutual fund families stack up. Apr 26, p. 84
• Investments: Don't put all your eggs in the US basket. Jun 21, p. 36
• What's a hedge fund, anyway? Aug 23, p. 59
• The best measure of a mutual fund. Sept 9, p. 45
• REITs: solid dividends and gains. Sept 9, p. 83
• Invest in the euro? Maybe. Nov 8, p. 91
• A new Wall Street darling. Nov 22, p. 50
• Are you open to closed-end funds? Dec 23, p. 49

Investments—Real Estate

• REITs: solid dividends and gains. Sept 9, p. 83

Investments—Stock

• Investment Insider: John McCamant on the future of biotech. Jan 11, p. 43
• Get ready for the market recovery. Mar 22, p. 39
• Investment Consult: Investing after Enron. Apr 26, p. 20
• 10 stocks that will lead the recovery. May 10, p. 34
• Investments: Don't put all your eggs in the US basket. Jun 21, p. 36
• Investment Consult: 3 bargain stocks to grab and hold. July 26, p. 18
• REITs: solid dividends and gains. Sept 9, p. 83
• Is a full-service brokerage for you? Sept 23, p. 20
• The great stock market myth. Sept 23, p. 56
• Solid stocks for a shaky market. Oct 25, p. 34
• A new Wall Street darling. Nov 22, p. 50

Law

• 20 phone calls later, I got help for my patient. Jan 11, p. 90
• 8 ways to escape your employer. Feb 22, p. 88
• Opening the door on Medicare peer review. Mar 8, p. 110
• How to win your case before it reaches court. Apr 12, p. 54
• When the HMO says No. May 10, p. 43
• Do Good Samaritan laws protect you in the hospital? May 10, p. 92
• No expert, no lawsuit? No longer. May 24, p. 34
• When an HMO denial is practicing medicine. Jun 7, p. 100
• The Feds ease antitrust rules--cautiously. Jun 21, p. 55
• We have to stand up for the children. July 26, p. 50
• Practice Pointers: When it's time to give an employee the boot. July 26, p. 58
• How a secret malpractice deal unraveled. Aug 23, p. 22
• Malpractice: How doctors sabotage their own defense. Sept 9, p. 36
• Breaking through the HIPAA hype. Sept 9, p. 105
• MD 1, New York Times 0. Sept 23, p. 52
• Putting your license at risk. Nov 8, p. 85
• You just received a subpoena. Now what? Nov 22, p. 43
• Why I had to pay my patients' lab bills. Dec 9, p. 54

Legislation

• Will the states cook up a health care fix? July 12, p. 38
• The uninsured: Still no real champion. July 12, p. 79

Location & Distribution

• My patients built me a practice. Apr 12, p. 123

Malpractice

• Mercy—or murder? Jan 11, p. 34
• Malpractice: Why you may be forced to settle. Feb 22, p. 20
• Malpractice: Don't wait for a lawsuit to strike. Mar 22, p. 82
• How to win your case before it reaches court. Apr 12, p. 54
• Are you sure the patient is sick? Apr 26, p. 24
• When a joint defense is no defense. Apr 26, p. 67
• Malpractice: Why I would have sided with the plaintiffs. May 10, p. 53
• Do Good Samaritan laws protect you in the hospital? May 10, p. 92
• No expert, no lawsuit? No longer. May 24, p. 34
• A $10 million allergy case: Could it happen to you? Jun 7, p. 36
• Malpractice crisis? Not here! July 12, p. 86
• Malpractice experts: The penalty for bearing false witness. Aug 9, p. 36
• "The lawyers are running amok". Aug 9, p. 60
• How a secret malpractice deal unraveled. Aug 23, p. 22
• Malpractice: How doctors sabotage their own defense. Sept 9, p. 36
• Special Report: A presidential boost for tort reform. Sept 9, p. 65
• How a malpractice insurer grew TOO BIG TOO FAST. Sept 23, p. 60
• Medical Errors: Is honesty ever optional? Oct 11, p. 63
• You just received a subpoena. Now what? Nov 22, p. 43
• Malpractice premiums: Soaring again. Dec 9, p. 51
• Does tort reform protect groups, too? Dec 9, p. 62
• Ask your patient to sign this! Dec 23, p. 40
• Why Dr. Kooyer had to move. Dec 23, p. 42

Managed Care

• HMO quality: Does for-profit status matter? Jan 25, p. 53
• Dump a health plan? How to decide. Mar 22, p. 29
• When the HMO says No. May 10, p. 43
• When an HMO denial is practicing medicine. Jun 7, p. 100
• The Feds ease antitrust rules—cautiously. Jun 21, p. 55
• Better quality care, bigger paycheck. Sept 9, p. 99
• Managed Care: Can lying be good medicine? Oct 11, p. 86
• We nailed an HMO for $6 million. Dec 23, p. 60

Marketing

• Marketing: Lead patients to your door. July 26, p. 55
• Marketing: I knock on patients' doors. Aug 9, p. 47

Medical Care Costs

• The frog that roared. Nov 8, p. 31

Medical Economics Interview

• Investment Insider: Don Phillips on mutual funds. Apr 12, p. 76

Medical Economics Surveys

• Financial Survey: No brakes on family spending. Jan 11, p. 75
• Are you sorry you went into primary care? Sept 23, p. 31

Ethics Survey

• New Fee Survey: Bridging the reimbursement gap. Nov 8, p. 96
• Earnings Survey: More hours, more patients, no raise? Nov 22, p. 76
• Expense Survey: What it costs to practice today. Dec 9, p. 36

Medical Profession

• Doctors Who Go the Extra Mile: Fighting hunger and death half a world away. Feb 8, p. 43
• Put fun back in your practice. Apr 12, p. 95
• Doctors Who Go The Extra Mile: Giving students a taste of medicine. Apr 12, p. 117
• The Way I See It: CMEzzzzzzzzzz. Apr 26, p. 50
• Doctors Who Go the Extra Mile: Taking good works up, up, and away. Jun 7, p. 119
• Primary care? Not me. July 26, p. 42
• We have to stand up for the children. July 26, p. 50
• Doctors Who Go the Extra Mile: The MDs and Company. Aug 9, p. 88
• The Way I See It: Tracy should still have her gallbladder. Aug 23, p. 65
• When doctors put patients at risk. Nov 22, p. 25
• Doctors who go The Extra Mile: Helping kids breathe easier. Nov 22, p. 62
• Experience is the best doctor, too. Dec 9, p. 87
• Doctors who go The Extra Mile: Bodyguards, land mines, and medicine. Dec 9, p. 91

Medicare/Medicaid

• Washington outlook: Action on health care in 2002? Jan 25, p. 22
• Are those lab payments really kickbacks? Jan 25, p. 74
• Opening the door on Medicare peer review. Mar 8, p. 110
• I was wrong. Medicare is great! May 10, p. 71
• No good deed goes unpunished. May 10, p. 136
• RBRVS: How well is it working? July 12, p. 69
• The Way I See It: Medicare is turning patients into informers. Nov 8, p. 61
• We nailed an HMO for $6 million. Dec 23, p. 60

Midlevel Providers

• Practice Pointers: How to find and keep top-notch clinical staff. Mar 8, p. 36
• Practice Pointers: Is your practice staffed correctly? Jun 21, p. 66

Office

• Set up your home office the right way. Mar 22, p. 52
• These sharps rules can stick you—big time. July 12, p. 74
• How I get home in time for dinner. Aug 23, p. 40
• Practical approaches for senior patients. Sept 23, p. 42

Organized Medicine

• Malpractice experts: The penalty for bearing false witness. Aug 9, p. 36

Patients

• 20 phone calls later, I got help for my patient. Jan 11, p. 90
• 6 nonbillable events that paid me handsomely. Jan 11, p. 67
• Is the war ever over? Jan 25, p. 36
• So much for snap judgments about patients. Jan 25, p. 48
• When your patient lies. Feb 8, p. 95
• Sarah's last visit. Feb 22, p. 47
• My best quit-smoking aid: Philip Morris. Feb 22, p. 82
• Watch out for these drug scams. Mar 8, p. 81
• The day I learned how to be a doctor. Mar 8, p. 93
• Taming the difficult patient. Mar 8, p. 100
• The ABCs of courage. Mar 22, p. 63
• Credit my wife with saving my patient. Apr 12, p. 89
• Put fun back in your practice. Apr 12, p. 95
• Why etiology matters. Apr 12, p. 130
• I'll always wonder: Could I have done more? Apr 26, p. 43
• It's the patient, stupid! Apr 26, p. 77
• To tell or not to tell? May 10, p. 101
• How to talk an elderly patient off the road. May 24, p. 45
• DNR: Did Helen still want to die? May 24, p. 50
• Get personal in seven minutes? Sure you can. May 24, p. 69
• Why your patient won't let you touch her. Jun 7, p. 47
• From fingersticks to chopsticks. Jun 7, p. 61
• The importance of being curious. Jun 7, p. 65
• Running late. Jun 7, p. 94
• "We can take care of ourselves, Dad". Jun 7, p. 114
• What caused this young mother's sudden death? Jun 21, p. 47
• White coats, drowning horses. Jun 21, p. 59
• Why I still cry. July 12, p. 65
• We have to stand up for the children. July 26, p. 50
• Marketing: Lead patients to your door. July 26, p. 55
• Full-body scans—or scams? Aug 9, p. 62
• Sometimes we do things right. Aug 23, p. 55
• Computer Consult: Make your Web site a teaching tool. Sept 9, p. 28
• How I curb curbside consults. Sept 9, p. 60
• Practical approaches for senior patients. Sept 23, p. 42
• Patients' Rights: Who should know what? Oct 11, p. 97
• 7 questions to ask senior patients. Oct 25, p. 29
• How to talk to your patients about sex. Oct 25, p. 40
• They're not sick; they need a doctor; you can cope. Nov 8, p. 41
• The Way I See It: Medicare is turning patients into informers. Nov 8, p. 61
• I had to fire a patient. Nov 8, p. 72
• Better outcomes for less than $15. Nov 22, p. 33
• The night I totally lost it. Nov 22, p. 71
• How I got through to Kari's mother. Dec 9, p. 42
• Experience is the best doctor, too. Dec 9, p. 87
• My Christmas bell. Dec 23, p. 29
• Ask your patient to sign this! Dec 23, p. 40

Peer Review

• This doctor's peer review suit cost him $240,000. Jun 21, p. 26

Personal Finances

• Financial Survey: No brakes on family spending. Jan 11, p. 75
• How to pump up college savings. Jan 25, p. 43
• Financial Makeover: Could you climb out of this financial hole? Feb 22, p. 61
• Laying your path to early retirement. Apr 12, p. 47
• What's your financial IQ? Apr 12, p. 102
• What Retirement Is Really Like: "Time is much more elastic now". Apr 26, p. 57
• Want to have more? Spend less. May 10, p. 108
• Student debt: Is one bill better? May 24, p. 39
• Bad brokers: Dr. Maderazo fought back. So can you. Jun 7, p. 130
• Financial Makeover: Scrambling to catch up. Jun 7, p. 84
• Kids and money: Teaching the tykes. July 26, p. 25
• Kids and money: Higher finance. July 26, p. 31
• Financial planning: Do it yourself or get help? Aug 9, p. 96
• The great stock market myth. Sept 23, p. 56
• Tips from MDs turned investment pros. Oct 25, p. 24
• 150 best financial advisers for doctors--our exclusive list. Dec 9, p. 94

Personal Life

• AFib? But I'm only 38! Jan 25, p. 69
• "I'm not a doctor. I'm an ophthalmologist". Feb 8, p. 4
• How a "crash course" in medicine changed my life. Mar 8, p. 67
• The year I chucked conventional medicine. Jun 21, p. 31
• Is now the time to consider the military? July 12, p. 54
• The resident who "fired" me did me a favor. Sept 9, p. 94
• Terrorism: Guarding against prejudice. Oct 25, p. 51
• P. Hunter Bolton: Family doctor. Nov 8, p. 77
• Putting your license at risk. Nov 8, p. 85
• Confessions of an eBay junkie. Dec 9, p. 65

Practice Management

• To keep your practice humming, get the right help. Feb 8, p. 32
• Practice Pointers: How to find and keep top-notch clinical staff. Mar 8, p. 36
• Order supplies online? You bet! Mar 8, p. 55
• Recredentialing? It's a two-minute job. Mar 8, p. 62
• Practice Pointers: How to find a billing boss who fits the bill. Mar 22, p. 73
• EMRs cost too much? This group says No Way! Apr 12, p. 34
• EMRs boost efficiency, too. Apr 12, p. 38
• Going solo: My leap of faith paid off. Apr 12, p. 64
• Our secret for saving time, money, and grief. Apr 12, p. 85
• What I learned from an "old school" nurse. May 10, p. 119
• Practice Pointers: Don't let dollars walk out the door. May 24, p. 58
• Get personal in seven minutes? Sure you can. May 24, p. 69
• Running late. Jun 7, p. 94
• Practice Pointers: Is your practice staffed correctly? Jun 21, p. 66
• Take-home advice from a stand-up consultant. Jun 21, p. 50
• Marketing: Lead patients to your door. July 26, p. 55
• Practice Pointers: When it's time to give an employee the boot. July 26, p. 58
• How I get home in time for dinner. Aug 23, p. 40
• Practice Pointers: Don't let lunch money bandits steal you blind. Aug 23, p. 45
• Practical approaches for senior patients. Sept 23, p. 42
• Practice Pointers: Get your office software out of first gear. Oct 25, p. 54
• Do you need a paper shredder? Nov 8, p. 51
• Better outcomes for less than $15. Nov 22, p. 33
• Practice Pointers: Tame the accounts receivable beast. Nov 22, p. 64
• 8 ways to get more done. Dec 9, p. 74
• Practice Pointers: Turn a problem employee into a pearl. Dec 23, p. 19

Practice, Special Types

• MD 1, New York Times 0. Sept 23, p. 52

Primary Care

• What's on the horizon for primary care? Feb 8, p. 26
• I'm a primary care physician—and proud of it! Feb 8, p. 61
• Dear specialist: Please don't dump your job on me. Mar 22, p. 106
• Primary care? Not me. July 26, p. 42
• The changing face of hospital practice. Aug 23, p. 72
• Are you sorry you went into primary care? Sept 23, p. 31

Professions, Other

• To keep your practice humming, get the right help. Feb 8, p. 32
• Your 2001 taxes: Find the right adviser. Feb 8, p. 75
• Malpractice: Why you may be forced to settle. Feb 22, p. 20
• What I learned from an "old school" nurse. May 10, p. 119
• Details, details: What your colleagues think of drug reps. Jun 7, p. 41
• My patients are also my constituents. Jun 7, p. 69
• Is now the time to consider the military? July 12, p. 54
• Your adviser's switching firms. Should you? Aug 23, p. 28
• Practice Pointers: How to be a supreme dictator. Sept 9, p. 69
• What to ask when recruiters come calling. Sept 9, p. 89
• Gifts: What's all the fuss about? Oct 11, p. 119
• Tips from MDs turned investment pros. Oct 25, p. 24
• 150 best financial advisers for doctors--our exclusive list. Dec 9, p. 94

Records

• Computer Consult: Toward a handheld EMR. Jan 11, p. 26
• At Kaiser, a vision of the connected future. Feb 8, p. 52
• Computer Consult: Drowning in documents? Scan 'em! Apr 12, p. 31
• EMRs cost too much? This group says No Way! Apr 12, p. 34
• EMRs boost efficiency, too. Apr 12, p. 38
• Our secret for saving time, money, and grief. Apr 12, p. 85
• Computer Consult: I'd rather give up ATMs. Jun 7, p. 30
• Computer Consult: EMR? Not exactly. Good enough? For now. Aug 9, p. 32
• Practice Pointers: How to be a supreme dictator. Sept 9, p. 69
• Breaking through the HIPAA hype. Sept 9, p. 105
• Computer Consult: How to get the lowdown on EMR software. Oct 11, p. 42
• Do you need a paper shredder? Nov 8, p. 51
• You just received a subpoena. Now what? Nov 22, p. 43
• Computer Consult: Keep tabs on who sees what. Dec 9, p. 27

Retirement

• Take charge of your 401(k). Jan 11, p. 80
• Answers to your tax questions. . .On retirement plans and IRAs. Mar 8, p. 74
• Laying your path to early retirement. Apr 12, p. 47
• What Retirement Is Really Like: "Time is much more elastic now". Apr 26, p. 57
• How to limit Uncle Sam's share of retirement benefits. Aug 9, p. 50
• Investment Consult: Quit work, quit investing? Dec 23, p. 17

Solo Practice

• Going solo: My leap of faith paid off. Apr 12, p. 64
• Practicing solo, but not alone. Aug 9, p. 82

Specialty Practice

• Dear specialist: Please don't dump your job on me. Mar 22, p. 106
• Doctors Who Go The Extra Mile: Giving students a taste of medicine. Apr 12, p. 117
• From fingersticks to chopsticks. Jun 7, p. 61
• Malpractice experts: The penalty for bearing false witness. Aug 9, p. 36
• Full-body scans—or scams? Aug 9, p. 62
• Hospital hardball. Aug 9, p. 72
• The changing face of hospital practice. Aug 23, p. 72

Taxes

• Answers to your questions. . .On personal exemptions and deductions. Jan 11, p. 62
• Answers to your tax questions on. . .claiming business expenses. Jan 25, p. 29
• Your 2001 taxes: Tips from the experts to minimize your bill. Feb 8, p. 66
• Your 2001 taxes: Find the right adviser. Feb 8, p. 75
• Answers to your tax questions. . .On dividends and interest. Feb 8, p. 78
• Your 2001 taxes: Get the software you need. Feb 8, p. 87
• Answers to your tax questions. . .On gain or loss from the sale of assets. Feb 22, p. 42
• Answers to your tax questions. . .On retirement plans and IRAs. Mar 8, p. 74
• Answers to your tax questions. . .On special situations. Mar 22, p. 35
• How to keep property taxes in check. Jun 7, p. 78
• Make your investment decisions less taxing. Dec 23, p. 30

Travel

• "I'm not a doctor. I'm an ophthalmologist". Feb 8, p. 47
• How a "crash course" in medicine changed my life. Mar 8, p. 67
• Travel insurance: Should you leave home without it? May 10, p. 63
• Take your kids on a cruise? They'll love it--and so will you. Jun 7, p. 108
• Your airport survival guide. Sept 23, p. 35

Annual Index of Articles.

Medical Economics

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