Index of Articles—Jan-Mar 2005

Assistants

• Practice Pointers: Employee leaving? Start asking questions. Jan 7, p. 68
• How to do an exit interview. Jan 7, p. 70 Clip and Copy
• Put a $ value on employee benefits. Jan 21, p. 86 Clip and Copy
• Tame your health insurance costs. Feb 4, p. 35

Cars

• Cars: Fun or value? These offer both. Mar 4, p. 66

Clinical Practice

• The best treatment? It's at your fingertips. Mar 4, TCP15 Special Technology Section

Coding

• Coding Consult: Nurse visits. Jan 7, p., 14
• CPT codes: What were they thinking? Jan 7, p. 56
• Coding Consult: Answers to your questions about...99291; asthma visits; priority of diagnoses. Jan 21, p. 19
• Coding Consult: New wound care codes. Feb 4, p. 16
• Coding Consult. Answers to your questions about ECG interpretation; after-hours codes; venom injections. Feb 18, p. 14
• Coding Consult: Classifying migraines. Mar 4, p. 29
• Coding Consult: Answers to your questions about...extra infusion time; oximetry coverage; meet-and-greet charges. Mar 18, p. 19
• What are these doctors doing right? Mar 18, p. 50

Compensation

• Where's the money? Mar 4, p. 22 Special Report
• What are these doctors doing right? Mar 18, p. 50

Computers

• New Year's resolutions. Jan 7, p. 16 Technology Consult
• Exclusive survey: Doctors and EHRs. Jan 21, p. 72
• EHR questions? We have answers. Feb 4, p. 19 Technology Consult
• How to lighten the Rx renewal load. Feb 4, p. 44
• When the computers crash. Feb 18, p. 24
• More answers to your EHR questions. Mar 4, p. 34 Technology Consult
• How to pay for your EHR. Mar 4, p. TCP3 Special Technology Section
• EHRs: A way around big start-up costs. Mar 4, p. TCP6 Special Technology Section
• Going online: The need for speed. Mar 4, p. TCP10 Special Technology Section

Death & Dying

• My new view of hospice. Jan 7, p. 53

Drugs

• We do our best, and then...Karen. Jan 7, p. 46
• We do our best, and then...Suzanne. Jan 7, p. 47
• How to lighten the Rx renewal load. Feb 4, p. 44
• Streamlining Rx renewal requests. Feb 4, p. 50 Clip and Copy
• Where does drug importation stand now? Mar 18, p. 42

Employment

• Practice Pointers: Employee leaving? Start asking questions. Jan 7, p. 68
• Clip and Copy: How to do an exit interview. Jan 7, p. 70
• Finding a Job—Step 4: Weighing offers. Jan 21, p. 48
• I don't believe in the tooth fairy, either. Jan 21, p. 34
• Finding a Job—Step 5: Settling in. Feb 4, p. 25
• Finding a Job: Returning to practice. Mar 4, p. 74

Ethics

• Last Word: Forced charity isn't charity at all. Feb 18, p. 68

Expenses

• Expense survey: What to spend, what to cut. Jan 21, p. 58
• Tame your health insurance costs. Feb 4, p. 35

Government & Politics

• Washington Outlook: Any action on healthcare? Jan 21, p. 36
• Where's the money? Mar 4, p. 22 Special Report
• Where does drug importation stand now? Mar 18, p. 42

Group Practice

• Pay for performance: A double-edged sword. Jan 21, p. 64
• Adding a doctor? Ask these questions. Mar 18, p. 22

Health Insurance

• Tame your health insurance costs. Feb 4, p. 35
• Almost 65? What you need to know about Medicare. Mar 4, p. 81

Hospitals

• Is peer review worth saving? Feb 18, p. 46
• Peer Review: Dr. Ulrich's battle. Feb 18, p. 53

Humor

• "Oh, my aching back!" Feb 4, p. 41

Insurance

• The right way to report a patient's disability. Feb 4, p. 65
• Going bare—except for a T-shirt. Mar 4, p. 61

Internet

• Going online: The need for speed. Mar 4, p. TCP10 Special Technology Section
• The best treatment? It's at your fingertips. Mar 4, p. TCP15 Special Technology Section

Investments

• Investing: Best bets for 2005. Jan 21, p. 22
• Tactics for surviving business scandals. Feb 18, p. 16 Investment Consult
• Spell out what your broker needs to know. Feb 18, p. 39
• Investing: 8 mistakes you may be making. Mar 4, p. 45
• Beyond taxes: Can a CPA do it all? Mar 18, p. 49

Investments—Mutual Funds

• Funds of the Month: Growth funds. Jan 7, p. 50
• Investing: Best bets for 2005. Jan 21, p. 22
• Funds of the Month: Financial services. Feb 4, p. 57
• Funds of the Month: Healthcare funds. Mar 4, p. 86
• You still need small-caps. Mar 18, p. 20 Investment Consult
• Picking stocks: Tips from an insider. Mar 18, p. 38

Investments—Stock

• Investing: Best bets for 2005. Jan 21, p. 22
• You still need small-caps. Mar 18, p. 20 Investment Consult

Malpractice

• A Medical Economics special investigation: Behind the med-mal crisis. Jan 7, p. 20
• Disclosing contingency fees. Jan 21, p. 88 Malpractice Consult
• The risk of 5-minute appointments. Feb 4, p. 90 Malpractice Consult
• Extend your practice—not your liability. Feb 18, p. 41
• When a patient won't pay. Feb 18, p. 56 Malpractice Consult
• Going bare—except for a T-shirt. Mar 4, p. 61
• Malpractice: Will a jury think money clouds your judgment? Mar 4, p. 86
• When patients complain. Mar 18, p. 62 Malpractice Consult
• Last Word: Why I'm a plaintiffs' expert. Mar 18, p. 76

Managed Care

• The HMO lawsuit: Get your share of settlement spoils. Jan 7, p. 61
• Pay for performance: A double-edged sword. Jan 21, p. 64
• Dr. Davids beat HMO Goliath. Feb 4, p. 52
• Malpractice: Will a jury think money clouds your judgment? Mar 4, p. 86

Marketing

• Practice Pointers: How to market your practice. Mar 4, p. 53

Medical Economics Surveys

• Exclusive survey: Doctors and EHRs. Jan 21, p. 72

Medical Profession

• Last Word: Forced charity isn't charity at all. Feb 18, p. 68

Medicare/Medicaid

• My new view of hospice. Jan 7, p. 53
• Almost 65? What you need to know about Medicare. Mar 4, p. 81

Midlevel Providers

• Extend your practice—not your liability. Feb 18, p. 41

Office

• How I connect with patients. Mar 18, p. 36

Patients

• We do our best, and then...Karen. Jan 7, p. 46
• We do our best, and then...Suzanne. Jan 7, p. 47
• My patient gave me a second chance. Jan 21, p. 56
• Cultural Competence: Caring for your black patients. Feb 4, p. 58
• My patient did it her way. Feb 18, p. 34
• My rouges' gallery of patients. Mar 4, p. 70
• Shedding light on shedding pounds. Mar 4, p. 37
• Who sent me Mrs. Mottira? Mar 18, p. 29
• How I connect with patients. Mar 18, p. 36
• Updating patient information. Mar 18, p. 60 Clip and Copy

Peer Review

• Is peer review worth saving? Feb 18, p. 46

• Peer Review: Dr. Ulrich's battle. Feb 18, p. 53

Personal Finances

• Investment Consult: Stay clear of media hype. Jan 21, p. 20
• Is that extended warranty worth it? Jan 21, p. 63

Personal Life

• "Oh, my aching back!" Feb 4, p. 41
• Baghdad, bombs, and a kid with asthma. Mar 4, p. 50

Practice Management

• Last Word: Overseas transcription: I say No! Jan 21, p. 100
• Streamlining Rx renewal requests. Feb 4, p. 50 Clip and Copy
• A Physician's Guide to CLIA rules. Feb 18, p. 25
• Practice Pointers: How to market your practice. Mar 4, p. 53
• What are these doctors doing right? Mar 18, p. 50
• Updating patient information. Mar 18, p. 60 Clip and Copy

Professions, Other

• Spell out what your broker needs to know. Feb 18, p. 39
• Beyond taxes: Can a CPA do it all? Mar 18, p. 49

Records

• Technology Consult: New Year's resolutions. Jan 7, p. 16
• HIPAA Consult: Answers to your questions about...subpoenas for records and interviews; home-based employees. Jan 7, p. 18
• Exclusive survey: Doctors and EHRs. Jan 21, p. 72
• Last Word: Overseas transcription: I say No! Jan 21, p. 100
• EHR questions? We have answers. Feb 4, p. 19 Technology Consult
• HIPAA Consult: Answers to your questions about...clearinghouses; transcription services; janitorial services. Feb 4, p. 25
• More answers to your EHR questions. Mar 4, p. 34 Technology Consult
• HIPAA Consult: Answers to your questions about...paper record disposal; deceased patients; surviving spouse rights. Mar 4, p. 36
• How to pay for your EHR. Mar 4, p. TCP3 Special Technology Section
• EHRs: A way around big start-up costs. Mar 4, p. TCP6 Special Technology Section
• Updating patient information. Mar 18, p. 60 Clip and Copy

Retirement

• Painting a rosy retirement. Feb 18, p. 18
• Almost 65? What you need to know about Medicare. Mar 4, p. 81

Solo Practice

• I don't believe in the tooth fairy, either. Jan 21, p. 34

Taxes

• Answers to your tax questions about personal exemptions and deductions. Jan 7, p. 44
• Answers to your tax questions about business expenses. Jan 21, p. 42
• Tax strategies: Winning 1040 moves. Feb 4, p. 70
• Tax strategies: Have you asked these 7 questions? Feb 4, p. 77
• Tax strategies: Secrets of savvy doctors. Feb 4, p. 85
• Answers to your tax questions about dividend and interest income. Feb 4, p. 88
• Answers to your tax questions about asset sales. Feb 18, p. 44
• Answers to your tax questions about retirement funds. Mar 4, p. 57
• Answers to your tax questions: About special situations. Mar 18, p. 25