COVER: How much do I owe you, doc?
Transparency is the health care reform craze du jour. So what is it? Depends on whom you ask.
By Jonathan Nelson
A champion for family medicineThis year’s Physician of the Year holds high expectations for her staff, her patients and herself, and will pave the way for the future of medicine.
By Kate McCann
Gone, but never forgottenWho is the namesake of TAFP’s March lectureship and Interim Session? Take a journey back in the life of C. Frank Webber, M.D.
By Kate McCann
Cut out the fatLean thinking worked for Toyota, it can work for your practice, too.
By Patrick Shumaker
When disaster strikesSee what a legal expert has to say on life-or-death decisions physicians must make during exigent events like Katrina.
By José R. Guerrero, Jr.
DEPARTMENTS
YEAR IN REVIEW: 2006—A TAFP odyssey NUTRITION: The skinny on milk TAFP PERSPECTIVE: Reflecting on 19 years of delivering babies in rural Texas FROM YOUR PRESIDENT: Medicaid, transparency and a sick dog LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: The incredible shrinking budget surplus IN THE NEWS: TAFP public relations efforts put family medicine in the spotlight MEMBER NEWS: Studying obesity at JPS | TAFP member takes reins at A&M | Texas practice wins top award | AAFP names Fellows | Castroville FP lands AAFP commission post
