Business of Medical Practice 2ND Edition

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 planCompliance methodsRisk and programs The insurance CPT coding issuesSix-sigma initiatives Futuristic information technology to track clinical outcomesTreatment results and medical carePhysician recruitment

Writing in plain language without technical jargon, Marcinko, a health care economist affiliated with Temple University, offers guidance on surviving the financial, administrative, and regulatory pressures of medical practice. The information presented here will be most applicable to solo, small, or medium group practice and for those physicians who aspire to be decision makers and administrators. For employed physicians and residents, the book will serve as a blueprint for what can be achieved, and for practice administrators, it will serve as a guide to the next generation of medical networks or more complex large group management endeavors.
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