Business of Medical Practice: Advanced Profit Maximization Techniques for Savvy Doctors

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Springer Publishing Company, 2004 - Health & Fitness - 494 pages
An interdisciplinary team of experts teaches newcomers how to open, staff, and equip an insurance-friendly office for patients, and how to raise the capital necessary for it. New coverage in the second edition includes: How to write a medical office business plan; Compliance methods; Risk and programs; The insurance CPT coding issues; Six-sigma initiatives; Futuristic information technology to track clinical outcomes; Treatment results and medical care; Physician recruitment

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Healthcare Economics in Medical Practice
3
Medical Office Business Plan
35
Medical Practice Strategic Operating Plan
49
Establishing Healthy Medical Partner Relationships
67
Compliance Programs for Medical Practice Health
79
Insurance Coding Guidelines
99
A Six Sigma Primer for Health Care Providers
127
Process Improvement Reporting for Physicians and Health Plans
143
The Science and Art of Medical Practice Valuation
275
Contemporary Aspects of Medical Practice
299
Medical Information Systems and Office Business Equipment
301
Human Resource Outsourcing for the Physician Executive
331
Medical Practice Noncompete Agreements
355
Physician Recruitment
361
The Case for Concierge Medicine
381
Customer Patient Relations Management for Health Care Organizations and Physicians
391

Using Information Technology IT Systems to Track Medical Care
155
QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS OF MEDICAL PRACTICE
173
Capitation Econometrics Revised
175
Cash Flow Analysis and Management
183
Medical Office Expense Modeling
191
Accounting for Mixed Practice Costs
207
MedicalActivityBased Cost Management
217
Medical Practice Financial Benchmarking
231
Return on Medical Practice Investment Calculations
251
Creating Practice Equity Value
259
Ethical Issues in Modern Medical Practice
415
Dissecting a Medical Malpractice Trial
433
Selecting Practice Management Advisors Wisely
443
PhysicianPractice Management Systems
461
MedicalPractice Management Service Agreement
467
Medical Unions Public Sympathy and Physician Salaries
471
Afterword
475
Index
477
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