Practice Management Book and Resource Tools

Coding for Chest Medicine 2009

For a coding resource as precise and specialized as the medicine you practice, turn to Coding for Chest Medicine 2009. The 2009 edition features detailed coding information for critical care, consultations, pulmonary function testing, bronchoscopy, ICU procedures, pulmonary rehabilitation, anesthesia services and moderate sedation, thoracic surgical procedures, electronic medical records, pay for performance, malpractice issues, and allergy and immunology services, and it includes a new chapter on rapid response teams. This resource is perfect for physicians, nonphysician providers, practice administrators/managers, office managers, and business managers.

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The Physician Billing Process: Avoiding Potholes in the Road to Getting Paid

By Deborah L. Walker, MBA, FACMPE, Sara M. Larch, MSHA, FACMPE, and Elizabeth W. Woodcock, MBA, FACMPE, CPC, Published by: MGMA
Collect money that is due your practice! Use this book to diagnose problems and develop action plans to enhance the financial performance of your practice. Case studies, tools, checklists, resources, and sample policies and procedures will help you optimize your billing and collection processes. 248 pages.

Electronic Health Records: Transforming your Medical Practice

By Margret Amatayakul, MBA, RHIA, CHPS, CPEHR, CPHIT, FHIMSS and Steven S. Lazarus, PhD, CPEHR, CPHIT, FHIMSS, Published by: MGMA
This practical guide to electronic health records (EHR) in the medical practice setting will help you transform your practice and improve patient care. Tools, checklists, case studies and exhibits will help you with needs assessment, organization and planning, vender selection, and ongoing maintenance and enhancement. 292 pages.

Assessment Manual for Medical Groups, 4th Edition

By Darrell L. Schryver, DPA, Published by: MGMA
Learn to apply sound and proven business principles to chart the future success of your practice. This comprehensive resource will guide you through the maze of assessments and decision-making strategies in areas including marketing, financial management, operations, human resources, and information systems. 203 pages.

Reinventing Medical Practice: Care Delivery that Satisfies Doctors, Patients, and the Bottom Line

By R. Clay Burchell, Howard L. Smith, and Neill F. Piland, DrPH, Published by: MGMA Discover an approach to patient care that is physician-based, patient-centered, financially viable, and quality-driven. Calling for collaboration among health care executives, physicians and support staff, the model illustrates how medical practices can deliver quality, cost-effective patient care with kindness and caring. 301 pages.

Rx for Business Success: Joining a Medical Practice

A must-read for both new and established physicians deciding whether to join a medical group, a hospital or to go out on their own. Find out how to assess potential employers, evaluate compensation packages, choose a reputable malpractice carrier, distinguish your optimal type of legal entity, and more. 208 pages.

Mastering Patient Flow: Using Lean Thinking to Improve Your Practice Operations, 3rd Edition

By Elizabeth W. Woodcock, MBA, FACMPE, CPC

Using lean thinking principles to structure workflow improvements, this third edition of the best-seller primer on medical practice operations delivers the newest trends for practice efficiency. Centering workflow around the patient. This book shows you how to take efficiency to a new level. MGMA classic is a completely updated comprehensive manual on practice operations. New material offers:

• Principles of lean management applied to medical practice operations
• Benchmarking staff by work function
• Patient access, including specialty pre-appointment screening and medical homes
• Test order and results management
• Prescription management
• Technology trends, including Web portals
• The Patient-Centered Practice of the Future

Building Practice Revenue: A Guide to Developing New Services

By Bruce A. Johnson, JD, MPA, Darrell L. Schryver, DPA, and Daniel P. Stech, MBA, CMPE, Published by: MGMA
This book will guide you through the decision-making process to assess the viability if new revenue opportunities. Written by expert consultants and health lawyers, this how-to resource is filled with case studies, a step-by-step return on investment analysis, checklists, and tools to help you evaluate new service offerings. 99 pages.

Job Description Manual for Medical Practices

By Courtney Price, PhD, DPA, and Alys Novack, MBA, Published by : MGMA
This comprehensive manual will help you develop an effective strategy for job description implementation, conduct appropriate job analysis, and understand legal issues. Includes a CD containing hundreds of sample job descriptions to use as is or to modify for your practice. 612 pages.

Academic Practice Administrators - Job Descriptions

Want to know what duties differentiate academic practice administrators from private practice administrators? With this information exchange, you can see which major duties 72 academic groups assign their administrators and what titles they use. Also includes 26 job descriptions. 123 pages.