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You are here > Home > Reading Lists > Practice Management & Physician Leadership > The Smarter Physician: Conquering Your Practice's Billing and Reimbursement The Smarter Physician: Conquering Your
Practice's Billing and Reimbursement Hardcover + bonus
CD-ROM
Physicians spend years learning to be competent clinicians – just to discover when they begin practicing that their success is equally dependent on business competencies. They must understand the legal and reimbursement matters that shape and challenge every medical setting. In addition, to meet their own individual goals, they need insight into personal finance topics.
The Smarter Physician Series is an exceptional addition to any physician’s library. The three-volume set presents need-to-know information about legal, reimbursement and personal finance topics in a clear, comprehensive manner, and offers extra value through an array of helpful appendices and additional resources in an accompanying CD.
Medical practices have billing specialists, coding experts, and payer liaisons to handle a practice’s financial matters – yet physicians are ultimately responsible for these matters. Physicians are on the line to understand how the practice get paid for their clinical activities – and avoid overpayment and underpayment issues.
“In his book, The Smarter Physician, Dr. Satiani provides an important resource for all of us in health care. The book presents practical, down-to-earth information that can be used to face the financial challenges we must deal with each day.” - Steven G. Gabbe, M.D., Vanderbilt Univ.
This volume teaches the ins and outs of:
The book will help physicians be keenly aware of the financial status of their practice, and understand such basics as costs, cash flow, and correct coding, as well as physician compensation. You may view the Table of Contents here (pdf). Bhagwan Satiani, MD, MBA, is Professor of Clinical Surgery, Ohio State University, College of Medicine and Public Health. The MGMA been the source of indispensable benchmarking resources for more than 50 years, and medical group administrators, physicians, hospital executives, CPAs, consultants and lawyers depend on the information and insight they deliver. MGMA, founded in 1926, is the nation’s principal voice for medical group practice. MGMA’s 19,000 members manage and lead more than 11,500 organizations in which more than 237,000 physicians practice. MGMA’s core purpose is to improve the effectiveness of medical group practices and the knowledge and skills of the individuals who manage and lead them. MGMA headquarters are in Englewood, Colorado. For information about other MGMA reports, please go to our Data & Benchmarks page. You may also be interested in: The Directory of Healthcare Recruiters Jump to a List / Health Administration & Leadership / Physician Executive, Medical Staff & Practice Management / Finance, Accounting, Economics, Billing & Reimbursement / Coding for Hospital, Physician & Clinical Services / Law, Malpractice, Ethics, Accreditation & Compliance / Quality Improvement, Outcomes & Customer Service / Risk Management, Security, Error Reduction & Patient Safety / Information Systems, Technology & Medical Records / Clinical Management & Executive Nursing / Behavioral Health, Social Work & Psychiatry Management / Human Resources, Management & Supervision / Directories, Data, Trends & Benchmarks / Software & CD-ROMs / Gift Ideas & Recommended Gifts / Journals, Magazines & Newsletters / Search for Books / Books Index / Go to / Home Page / Toolbox for Health Administrators / Bookstore |
