Medicine and Business A Practitioner's Guide [Paperback]

This book is designed to provide physicians with the information they need in applying business management skills to their medical practice. It covers management and leadership practices, financial planning and execution, hospital governance, managed care, marketing activities, and medical business law. Written for the physician in easily understandable language, it describes each concept, delineates its applications in various practice environments and provides insight into the future developments in each sector.Offering physicians the tools for applying business skills to their medical practice, this book covers management and leadership, financial planning and execution, hospital governance, marketing and medical business law in various practice environments.Healthcare Business.-?Implications of Today's Healthcare Environment.-?Management.-?Finance.-?Billing and Reimbursement.-?Current Procedural Terminology?Codes and?ICD-9 and ICD-10 Coding.-?Electronic Medical Record.- Managed Care.-?Hospital Governance.-?Private Practice Employment.-?Physician?Employment in?a Hospital System.-?Human Resources.-?Contracts Administration.-?Resume Essentials.-?Medical Business Law and Regulations.- Materials Management.-?Physician/administrator Relations.-?Lean/6Sigma/Daily Management System.

?Ron V. Bucci, PhD, MBA, Executive Administrator, Akron Childrens Hospital, Akron, OH, USA 44308

This book presents a practical set of business administration skills for physicians and other healthcare professionals who assume administrative positions in healthcare organizations. It describes management and leadership practices;?revenue cycle and financial statements; ?financial planning, analysis, and execution; strategic planning; managed care; payment methods; hospital governance; and medical business law. Written for the healthcare professional in easily understandable language, Medicine and Business describes each concept, delineates its applications in publicl“)