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"Today's health care is much more than medicine. Health care professionals and administrators must be familiar with the non-medical aspects of health care if they are to be successful. From the basics of government and private insurance, to reimbursement methods, payment models, practice p...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Clyne, Christopher A. (Editor), Jewell, Britton (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, PA : Wolters Kluwer, 2019
Edition:First edition
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Fundamentals of health insurance : Medicare and Medicaid
  • Primer on health plans : private insurance
  • Physician reimbursement : how doctors are paid
  • Non-profit or not : how hospitals are paid
  • The mighty midlevel : how other providers are paid
  • If it ain't written it ain't done : documentation integrity and electronic medical records
  • Charging responsibly : billing and coding
  • Big brother is watching : quality and compliance
  • Your virtual presence : navigating social media
  • Protect yourself : medical malpractice and health law
  • Piles of paperwork : licensing, certification, and credentialing
  • It takes a village : social work and the community
  • Carving your niche : practice paradigms
  • From bedside to board room : the C-suite
  • The healthcare executive : industry as a career
  • The game changer : the Affordable Care Act and its future?
  • Spotting the horizon : future directions in healthcare