Behavioral Health, Social Work and Psychiatry Management Books

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Accreditation Process Guide for Behavioral Health Care - JCAHO New!
Accreditation - please see our Compliance Resources here
(The) Addiction Counselor's Documentation Sourcebook, 2e - 2005
(The) Addiction Progress Notes Planner, 2e - Nov 2005
Addiction Treatment Homework Planner, 3e - Apr 2006
(The) Addiction Treatment Planner, 3e - 2005
Becoming an Effective Supervisor: Workbook for Psychotherapists - Apr 2000
Behavioral Healthcare Informatics: Practical Guide for the Clinician - Mar 2006
Billing & Reimbursement - please see our finance & accounting resources
(The) Clinical Documentation Sourcebook: Mental Health Practice, 3e - 2005
Clinical Supervision - May 2004
Clinical Supervision: A Handbook for Practitioners - Aug 2003
Clinical Supervision in the Helping Professions - 2002
Coding & Billing: Behavioral Health - MMI, Contexo, current edition New!
Coding & Payment Guide: Behavioral Health Services - current editions New!
Complete Mental Health Directory - current edition
Compliance Books - please see our Law & Compliance Resources here
Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Behavioral Health Care (CAMBHC) - JCAHO New!
Cost Effective Performance Improvement for Behavioral Health Care - JCAHO, Dec 2002
CPT Handbook for Psychiatrists, 3e - Apr 2004
Customer Service Books - please see our quality improvement resources
Directory of Healthcare Recruiters - always current New!
Documentation & Reimbursement for Behavioral Healthcare - AHIMA, Mar 2005
Documentation in Supervision: Focused Risk Management Supervision System - 2002
DSM-IV-TR Casebook, 4e - APA, Jan 2002
DSM-IV-TR Guidebook - APA, Apr 2004
DSM-IV-TR Mental Disorders: Diagnosis, Etiology & Treatment - June 2004
DSM-IV-TR, Text Revision, 4e - APA, 2000
(The) Effective Health Care Supervisor, 6e - Sep 2006
Elder Mistreatment: Abuse, Neglect & Exploitation - 2002
Entering Private Practice: A Handbook for Psychiatrists - Sep 2005
Essentials of Private Practice - Nov 2004
Ethical Reasoning for Mental Health Professionals - Jan 2006
Finance & Reimbursement - please see our billing & accounting resources
Fundamentals of Clinical Supervision, 3e - Oct 2003
Fundamentals of Psychiatric Treatment Planning, 2e - APA, Mar 2003
(The) Group Therapy Treatment Planner - Jan 2005
Group Medical Appointments (GMAs) - Apr 2006
Guide to Outpatient Documentation - 2003
Haimann's Healthcare Management, 8e - Aug 2006
Handbook for the New Health Care Manager, 2e - 2000
Handbook of Mental Health Administration & Management - Nov 2002
Handbook of Psychiatric Measures - 2000
Health Care Ethics for Psychologists - Aug 2004
(The) Health Care Manager's Human Resources Handbook - Dec 2002
(The) HIPAA Compliance Kit: Psychotherapeutic Practice - Apr 2005
How to Build a Thriving Fee-for-Service Practice - 1999
Human Resources - please see our personnel resources
Improving Mental Health Care: Commitment to Quality - APA, 2002
Improving Mental Healthcare: Guide to Quality Improvement - APA, Nov 2005
Improving the Quality of Health Care for Mental & Substance-Use Conditions - Mar 2006
(The) Indispensable Health Care Manager - 2002
Interventions Following Mass Violence & Disasters: Strategies for Mental Health - Jan 2006
Issues in Human Resources for Behavioral Health Care - JCAHO, Oct 2005
Malpractice Books - please see our Law & Compliance Resources here
Managing Clinical Supervision: Ethical Practice & Legal Risk Management - 2001
Mastering the Financial Dimension of Your Practice - Aug 2004
Medical Records - please see our health information management resources
Money & Outpatient Psychiatry: Practice Guidelines - May 2005
Nursing - please review our nursing management books
Observation Status: Guide to Compliant Site of Service Designations - Oct 2006
(The) Paper Office: Ethically, Legally, Profitably, 3e - Feb 2003
Patient Safety Books - please see our risk management resources
Patient Satisfaction Books - please see our quality improvement resources
PDR Drug Guide for Mental Health Professionals, 3e - Oct 2007
Personality Disorders - Apr 2005
(The) Portable Lawyer for Mental Health Professionals, 2e - Apr 2004
Primary Care Consultant: The Next Frontier for Psychologists - APA, Feb 2005
Psychiatry in Law / Law in Psychiatry - Aug 2002
(The) Quality Handbook for Health Care Organizations: Tools & Programs - 2004
Quality Improvement - please see our quality & customer service resources
Restraint and Seclusion: Model for Eliminating Use in Healthcare - Jun 2005
Risk Management - please see our safety & patient safety resources
Service Line Success: Eight Essential Rules - ACHE, 2003
Standards for Behavioral Health Care (SBHC) - JCAHO, 2006-2007
Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, 7e - May 2006
Successful Private Practice: Mental Health Professionals - 2000
(The) Successful Therapist - Aug 2005
Suicide Risk Assessment: Strategies & Tools for Joint Commission Compliance - HCPro, Mar 2007
Supervision in Social Work, 4e - 2002
Technology - please see our information & technology resources
Therapeutic & Legal Issues for Therapists Who Have Survived Client Suicide - Jun 2005
(The) Therapist's Advertising & Marketing Kit - 2002
Tracking Mental Health Outcomes - 2001
Writing & Defending Your Expert Report - Jan 2002
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