The physician assistant's business practice and legal guide
"The only business practice and legal guide available for the physician assistant, this essential resource offers strategies for developing your career and outlines important legal issues relevant to the physician assistant's practice. The Physician Assistant's Business Practice and Legal Guide offers an overview of the history and development of the profession, scope of practice, contract negotiations, medical malpractice insurance and avoiding a malpractice claim, defensible documentation, reimbursement, confidentiality and ethics, billing and risk management, surviving in a competitive market, and much more. This is a must-have reference for students and practicing physician assistants, as well as supervisory physicians."--BOOK JACKET
Print Book, English, ©2006
Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Sudbury, MA, ©2006
xiv, 549 pages ; 26 cm
9780763726744, 0763726745
57722417
The Physician Assistant Profession
Scope of Practice
Maintaining Certification/Licensure
Prescriptive Analysis
Employment Issues
Negligence and Medical Malpractice
Risk Management
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
Evaluation and Management Coding
Reimbursement for PA Services
Political and Legislative Action
Ethics : Principals and Guildelines in Practice
Includes index