Vol. 59 No. 2
Spring 2008
Cover: A peek inside managed care’s black box
With sunset creeping up on the Texas Department of Insurance, we have a rare opportunity to glimpse the inner workings of how health insurance companies do business.
By Jonathan Nelson
The compassionate caregiverThrough all stages of his personal and professional life TAFP’s 2007-08 Physician of the Year has maintained a steady course and touched others’ lives along the way.
By Kate McCann
Celebrating the art of family medicineJoin other family medicine connoisseurs in Houston for the 59th Annual Session and Scientific Assembly opening this July. With new special events, CME opportunities and more, it’s an exhibition you won’t want to miss.
By Kate McCann
LEGAL BRIEF: Say the Texas Medical Board calls, now what?
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT: How to find and retain great medical office staff
OFFICE-BASED RESEARCH: Explore NorTex in the final installment of the research-network series
RESEARCH: Family medicine residency educational characteristics and career satisfaction in recent graduates
MEDICAL BUSINESS 101: Students, let’s talk money
TAFP PERSPECTIVE: Feeling the health insurance squeeze
DEPARTMENTS
FROM YOUR PRESIDENT: Interim Session fosters healthy discussion IN THE NEWS: Promising results from the 2008 residency match | May 15 bringeth the business taxman | Senate committee hears pay-for-performance testimony | TMB exec retires | Don’t let the new TMB advertising rule surprise your practice | Will CMS find anyone eligible for a new EHR initiative? | Medicare cut looms MEMBER NEWS: Report from Interim Session | San Antonio physician-educator appointed to association board TAFP INTERIM SESSION 2008 MINUTES IN BRIEF
