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Medical Economics, Mar 4, 2005

Getting patients to comply

Malpractice: Will a jury think money clouds your judgment?

By Berkeley Rice

If a managed care contract contains financial incentives to limit or withhold treatment, jurors may decide that you neglected necessary care for personal gain.

Special Report

Where's the money?

By Robert Lowes

Spending on physician services rose at a smart pace in 2003, but not across the board.

Practice Management

Going bare—except for a T-shirt

By Andrea L. Brand, MD

This doctor has found other ways to create her own version of malpractice "insurance."

Shedding light on shedding pounds

By Robert Lowes

Sharpening your obesity counseling skills can help battle a national epidemic.

Practice Pointers: How to market your practice

By Berkeley Rice

A practical primer on what works and what doesn't.

Finding a Job: Returning to practice

By Dorothy L. Pennachio

This last installment in our series tells you how to get back into medicine if you've been away for some time—or are planning on a hiatus.

Personal Finance

Investing: 8 mistakes you may be making

By Vicki F. Brentnall

Investment advisers talk about the most common—and costly— blunders. How many do you commit?

Answers to your tax questions

By Lawrence Farber

About retirement funds

Cars: Fun or value? These offer both

By Eric Anderson, MD

Resale value is important, but so is enjoying the drive, says this physician and automotive journalist. These cars offer the best of both worlds.

Almost 65? What you need to know about Medicare

By Kathleen McKee

We help you sort out your options, which will depend on any number of factors.

Funds of the Month

Healthcare funds

Patient Relations

My rogues' gallery of patients

By Elizabeth A. Pector, MD

Here's a litany of difficult types—along with strategies on how to handle them.

Baghdad, bombs, and a kid with asthma

By Thomas B. Repine, MD

Worried about treating soldiers with combat wounds, the author finds himself facing an unexpected challenge.

Advice from the experts

Coding Consult

Classifying migraines

Technology Consult

By Robert Lowes

More answers to your EHR questions

Malpractice Consult

By John M. Fitzpatrick, JD

Lawsuit threat? Respond carefully

HIPAA Consult

By Margaret M. Davino, JD

Answers to your questions about...paper record disposal; deceased patients and privacy; rights of a surviving spouse; faxes and the security rule

Also in this issue

UPDATE

By Joan Rose , Yvonne Chilik Wollenberg

On finance and practice

Money Management Q&As

By Lawrence Farber

Mutual funds' holdings; partner's disability; bond yields

Memo from the Editor

By Marianne Dekker Mattera

Straws that break your back

Last Laugh

Letters to the Editors

By Jeanne Sabatie

Med-mal report sparks a debate; Get legal assistance; Courses to enrich the program

Practice Management Q&As

Uninsured urgent care; dismissal letter; collections; informed consent

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