Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- SECTION ONE: QUALITATIVE ASPECTS OF MEDICAL PRACTICE -- 1. Healthcare Economics in Medical Practice -- 2. Medical Office Business Plan -- 3. Medical Practice Strategic Operating Plan -- 4. Establishing Healthy Medical Partner Relationships -- 5. Compliance Programs for Medical Practice Health -- 6. Insurance Coding Guidelines -- 7. A Six Sigma Primer for Health Care Providers -- 8. Process Improvement for Physicians and Health Plans -- 9. Using Information Technology (IT) Systems to Track Medical Care -- SECTION TWO: QUANTITATIVE ASPECTS OF MEDICAL PRACTICE -- 10. Capitation Econometrics Revised -- 11. Cash Flow Analysis and Management -- 12. Medical Office Expense Modeling -- 13. Accounting for Mixed Practice Costs -- 14. Medical-Activity-Based Cost Management -- 15. Medical Practice Financial Benchmarking -- 16. Return on Medical Practice Investment Calculations -- 17. Creating Practice Equity Value -- 18. The Science and Art of Medical Practice Valuation -- SECTION THREE: CONTEMPORARY ASPECTS OF MEDICAL PRACTICE -- 19. Medical Information Systems and Office Business Equipment -- 20. Human Resource Outsourcing for the Physician Executive -- 21. Medical Practice Noncompete Agreements -- 22. Physician Recruitment -- 23. The Case for Concierge Medicine -- 24. Customer (Patient) Relations Management for Health Care Organizations and Physicians -- 25. Ethical Issues in Modern Medical Practice -- 26. Dissecting a Medical Malpractice Trial -- 27. Selecting Practice Management Advisors Wisely -- Appendix A: Physician-Practice Management Systems -- Appendix B: Medical-Practice Management Service Agreement -- Appendix C: Medical Unions, Public Sympathy, and Physician Salaries -- Afterword -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V.

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