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You are here > Home > Reading Lists > Finance, Accounting & Reimbursement Books Finance, Accounting, Economics, Billing & Reimbursement Books This Guide offers reading recommendations for CFOs, finance directors, accountants, billers, coders and patient account managers working in healthcare settings, as well as others seeking books about accounting, billing and budgeting issues. Clinicians, physicians and CEOs will also find financial management resources tailored for them. We have collected the very best titles for you here, for your convenience. For your convenience, you may also purchase any of these books through Amazon.com. To buy a book, simply add it to your shopping cart after you follow its link. It is really very easy. If you want more than one, just return to this page and click additional titles. Your shopping cart remains open and accessible to you. 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This will allow you to use these lists again - to return for browsing, whenever your time permits.    Note: for medical records coding books, please click here instead. 837i Claim Editor - Ingenix, HIPAA compliant, always current Accounting Fundamentals for Health Care Management - 2006 Accounting Handbook for Medical Practices - 2000 Accounts Receivable Tool Kit - Ingenix, always current AHA Guide - the top guide to companies, hospitals, leaders, current edition AHA Hospital Statistics: Analysis & Comparison of Hospital Trends - AHA, current (The) AHLA/BVR Guide to Healthcare Valuation - 2010 (The) AIS Guide to Blue Cross & Blue Shield Plans - AIS, current edition Almanac of Hospital Financial & Operating Indicators - Ingenix, current editions APCs - for resources regarding ambulatory payment classifications, see coding Appeals Toolkit: Turn Denials Into Dollars - HCPro, 2007 ASC Financial Performance Survey - MGMA, most current version Assessing the Value of a Medical Practice, 2e - 2004 Auditing & Denial Management Tool Kit - Ingenix, current edition Auditing PFS: Your Guide to Revenue Integrity - HCPro, 2007 Best Practice Financial Management: Concepts for Healthcare Leaders, 3e - ACHE, 2006 Beyond the Contract: Managing Your Relationship with the Payer - 2006 Brink's Modern Internal Auditing: A Common Body of Knowledge, 7e - 2009 Business Continuity Planning & HIPAA - 2004 Business Fundamentals for the Rehabilitation Professional, 2e - 2009 Business Concepts for Healthcare Providers - 2004 (The) Budget-Building Book for Nonprofits: Step-by-Step Guide for Managers & Boards, 2e - 2007 Budgeting Concepts for Nursing Managers, 4e - Saunders, 2007 Buying, Selling & Owning the Medical Practice, 2e - 2003 Capital Campaigns, Strategies That Work, 3e - 2009 Case Management - see our complete Case Management resource list here Cases in Healthcare Finance, 4e - 2009 Chargemaster Analyzer - Ingenix, complete desktop solution (The) Chargemaster Coordinators Handbook - HCPro, 2008 Charity Care & Tax Exempt Issues for Nonprofit Hospital - always current! Coder Productivity: Tapping Your Team's Talents to Improve Quality & Reduce A/R - 2006 Coding Books - please go to coding resources page Collections Made Easy! A Comprehensive Guide for Medical & Dental, 3e - PMIC, 2007 Compensation - please see our human resources page (The) Complete Guide to Long-Term Care Medicare Billing - HCPro, 2010 Complete Guide to Medicare Coverage Issues - Ingenix, updateable, always current (The) Complete Guide to Mergers & Acquisitions, 2e - 2007 Compliance Books - please go to our compliance & legal resources page Compliance for Coding, Billing & Reimbursement, 2e - 2008 Conducting a Successful Annual Giving Program - 2001 Conducting a Successful Capital Campaign, 2e - 1999 Conducting a Successful Development Services Program - 2001 Conducting a Successful Fundraising Program - 2001 Conducting a Successful Major Gifts & Planned Giving Program - 2002 Consumer-Directed Care - see our QM and QI resources here Consumer Driven Care Guidebook - 2008 Contracting in a Managed Care Environment: Market-Based Approaches - 2002 Cost Accounting for Health Care Organizations, 2e - 1999 Cost-Benefit Analysis, 3e - 2005 Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Health: A Practical Approach, 2e - 2007 CPT Coding - please see our full list of coding resources Cutting Costs in the Physician Practice, 2e - 2005 Demand Management Best Practices: Process, Principles & Collaboration - 2003 Denial Management Tool Kit - Ingenix, always current   Designing & Conducting Cost-Effectiveness Analyses in Medicine & Health Care - 2002 Directory of Health Care Group Purchasing Organizations - current edition Directory of Healthcare Recruiters - Up-to-date! New edition!  Directory of Health Plans - AIS, current year, hundreds of MCOs & PPOs Directory of Hospital Personnel - most current edition Discharge Planning Handbook for Healthcare: Unlocking a New Revenue Pipeline - 2008 (The) Doctor's Wealth Preservation Guide, 4e - 2007 Documentation & Reimbursement for Behavioral Healthcare - AHIMA, 2005 Documentation & Reimbursement for Home Care & Hospice - AHIMA, 2001 Documentation & Reimbursement for Long-Term Care - AHIMA, 2004 DRG Books - go to coding page here (The) Economic Evolution of American Health Care - 2002 Economics & Nursing: Critical Professional Issues, 1e - 2001 Economics for Healthcare Managers, 2e - ACHE, 2009 (The) Economics of Health & Health Care, 6e - 2009 (The) Economics of Health & Medical Care, 5e - 2003 (The) Economics of Health Reconsidered, 3e - ACHE, 2009 Employer's Guide to Health Care Reform - Aspen, current edition Employment - please see our list of job search books (The) Essential Handbook of Internal Auditing - 2005 (The) Essential RBRVs - Ingenix, book & CD-ROM, current editions Essentials of Cost Accounting for Health Care Organizations, 3e - 2007 Essentials of Health Care Finance, 7e - 2012 Essentials of Health Care Organization Finance Basics: Primer for Board Members - 2004 Essentials of Health Economics - 2010 Estimated Useful Lives of Depreciable Hospital Assets  - AHA, 2008  Ethics & Reform - please see our collection of ethics resources Evidence-Based to Value-Based Medicine - AMA, 2005 Finance & Budgeting for Nursing Home Professionals - HCPro, 2008 Financial & Accounting Guide for Not-for-Profit Organizations, 7e - 2010 Financially Focused Project Management - 2003 Financial Management for Health-System Pharmacists - ASHP, 2009 Financial Management for Medical Groups, 2e - MGMA, 2000 Financial Management for Nurse Managers & Executives, 3e - 2007 Financial Management for Nurse Managers: Merging the Heart with the Dollar, 2e - 2009 Financial Management for Public, Health & Not-for-Profit, 3e - 2009 Financial Management in Health Care Organizations - 2002 Financial Management of Health Care Organizations, 3e - 2009 (The) Financial Management of Hospitals & Healthcare Organizations - newest edition Financial Management of the Medical Practice, 2e - AMA, 2002 Financial Analysis and Modeling Using Excel and VBA, 2e - 2009 Financial Planning Handbook for Physicians & Advisors - 2005 Financial Strategy for Managed Care: Rate, Risk, Competitive Advantage - 2002 Fiscal Administration, 8e - 2010 Fundamentals of Healthcare Finance - ACHE, 2009 Fundamentals of Health Care Financial Management: Fiscal Issues & Activities, 3e - 2009 Fundraising Basics: A Complete Guide, 3e - 2009 FutureScan: Healthcare Trends & Implications - AHA, ACHE, up-to-date GAAP: Interpretation & Application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles - Wiley, 2011 GAAP Handbook of Policies & Procedures - 2010 Getting It Done: Experienced Healthcare Leaders Reveal Field-Tested Strategies for Clinical & Financial Success - ACHE, current edition Glossary of Managed Care & Healthcare Terminology - newest version Grant Application Writer's Handbook, 4e - 2004 Guide to Healthcare Valuation - most current edition Guide to Health Insurance Billing, 3e - 2010 Handbook for Hospital Billing: Reference & Training Tool for UB-04 Manual - 2009 HCPCS Coding - please see our full list of coding resources HCPCS Fee Analyzer - Ingenix, current (The) Healthcare Auditor's Handbook - HCPro, 2006 Health Care Billing & Collections: Forms, Checklists, Guidelines - Aspen, always up-to-date! Health Care Collector Training Guide - 2000 Health Care Economics: Principles & Tools for the Health Care Industry - 2007 Health Care Economics, 6e - 2004 (The) Healthcare Executive's Guide to Allocating Capital - ACHE, 2007 Health Care Finance & Economics - 2003 Health Care Finance: Basic Tools for Non-Financial Managers, 3e - 2010 Healthcare Finance: Introduction to Accounting & Financial Management, 4e - ACHE, 2007 Health Care Financial Management for Nurse Managers: Merging the Heart - up-to-date Health Care Financial Management for Nurse Managers: Applications - 2005 Health Care Operations Management: Quantitative Approach - 2007 Healthcare Payment Systems: An Introduction - 2009 Healthcare Price, Cost & Utilization Benchmarks - HCPro, current & up-to-date Health Care Registration Forms, Checklists & Guidelines, 2e - always current Health Economics, 4e - 2009 Health Economics & Financing, 4e - 2010 Health Economics & Policy, 4e - 2008 Health Economics: Fundamentals & Flow of Funds - current edition Health Economics: Theories, Insights & Industry Studies, 5e - 2009 Health Insurance Carrier Directory - PMIC, current versions Health Plan Facts, Trends & Data - AIS, current edition Health Plan Pay-for-Performance Programs: The Next Generation - AIS, current edition HIPAA Resources - review our list of HIPAA resources More HIPAA books here >> HMO / PPO Directory - newest edition Homecare Audit Prevention: Compliance Tools to Protect Your Medicare Payment - HCPro, current edition Home Health Financial Management - Aspen, 2007 Hospital Auditing & Monitoring: Sample Programs for Key Risk Areas - 2004 Hospital Chargemaster Guide - Ingenix, current & updateable editions (The) Hospitalist Program Management Guide - 2003 Hospital Product Price Trends: Better Purchasing Value - 2006 Hospital Professional Billing Editor - Ingenix, 2009 Hospital Statistics: Analysis & Comparison of Hospital Trends - AHA, current How to Bill Medicare for Skilled Nursing Facilities, 2e - 2007 How to Comply with Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 - 2007 How-To Manual for Rehab Documentation: Increasing Reimbursement & Reducing Denials, 3e - HCPro, 2009 ICD-9-CM Coding - please see our full list of coding resources Implementation Guide to Severity-Adjusted DRGs - Ingenix, always current Improving Healthcare Using Toyota Lean Production Methods, 2e - ASQ, 2007 Insurance Directory: Most Complete Listing of Insurers - Ingenix, current editions Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office, 9e - 2005 Interpretation & Application of International Financial Reporting Standards - Wiley, 2011 Introduction to Financial Accounting, 3e - 2003 Introduction to Health Care Economics & Financial Management - 2003 Introduction to the Financial Management of Healthcare Organizations, 5e - ACHE, 2011 IRS & Tax Issues - please see our extensive Law & Compliance collection here IRS Audits of Tax-Exempt Organizations - 2008 Jobs - please see our list of job search books Launching a Capital Facility Project: Guide for Healthcare Leaders. 2e - ACHE, 2010 Law and Legal Issues - please see our extensive Law & Compliance collection here (The) Leader's Guide to Hospital Case Management - 2004 Lean - please see all of our Lean Resources and Quality Improvement books Long-Term Care Pocket Guides - HCPro, 2007 Looking for Cash Flow: Improve in Medical Group Practices - MGMA, 2002 (The) Managed Care Contracting Handbook: Planning & Negotiating the Managed Care Relationship, 2e - 2009 Managed Care Contracting Survival Guide for Healthcare Providers - HCPro, 2006 Managed Care for Rehab Providers Made Easy - HCPro, 2007 Managed Care Glossary of Terminology - newest edition! Managed Care: What It Is & How It Works, 3e - 2008 Managed Medicare & Medicaid Factbook - current annual edition Management Issues - also see our Health Administration resources here Management Accounting for Health Care: Decision Support Tools - 2004 Management Accounting in Health Care Organizations, 2e - 2008 Manager's Guide to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act - 2004 (A) Marketer's Guide to Measuring ROI: Tools to Track the Returns - HCPro, 2007 Mastering Patient Flow: Increase Efficiency & Earnings, 3e - 2007 Mastering the Reimbursement Process, 4e - AMA, 2007 Maximizing Billing & Collections in the Medical Practice - 2007 MDS - for minimum data set resources for CMS, see coding resources (The) Medical Billing Handbook - 2004 Medical Fees in the US - PMIC, current editions Medical Insurance Made Easy, 2e - 2006 Medical Management Books - please see our Practice Management Resources here Medical Necessity Training Toolkit - HCPro, 2009 Medical Office Financial Handbook - MMI, Contexo, current edition Medical Practice Management Books - please see our Practice Management Resources here Medical Practice Business Plan Workbook - current edition Medical Practice Handbook: Accounting, Managed Care, Operations - 2002 (The) Medical Practice's Ultimate Business Planning Workbook - MGMA,2008 (The) Medical Practice's Ultimate Feasibility and Pre-Planning Workbook - MGMA, 2008 Medicare Audits in Long-Term Care: A Guide to MACs, RACs & ZPICs - HCPro, current edition Medicare Benefit Policy Manual for LTC - HCPro,  2008 Medicare Claims Appeals Process Handbook - always current Medicare Claims Processing Manual for LTC - HCPro, 2008 Medicare Compliance Manual - PMIC, current editions Medicare Coverage Sourcebook - MMI, Contexo, newest edition Medicare Desk Reference for Hospitals - always current, Ingenix Medicare Desk Reference for Physicians - always current, Ingenix Medicare Explained - up-to-date reference Medicare Fee Calculator - AMA, current editions Medicare Hospice Management: Structure, Process & Service Delivery - HCPro, Beacon, newest edition Medicare Part B Billing Manual for Long-Term Care - HCPro, 2009 Medicare RBRVS Payment Calculator - AMA, current Medicare RBRVS Plus: CD-ROM - Ingenix, data & software, always current Medicare RBRVS Sourcebook - MMI, Contexo, current edition Medicare RBRVS: The Physician's Guide - current edition Medicare Rules & Regulations - PMIC, Current Edition Medicare's Physician Quality Reporting Initiative & Beyond - 2007 Medicine & the Market: Equity v. Choice - 2006 Mergers and Acquisitions - please see our management resources and books MGMA Academic Practice Compensation & Production Survey - most current version   MGMA Ambulatory Surgery Center Performance Survey - current version MGMA ASC Financial Performance Survey - most current version MGMA Coding Profile Sourcebook: Medical Specialties - most current version MGMA Coding Profile Sourcebook: Primary Care Specialties - current version MGMA Coding Profile Sourcebook: Surgical Specialties - current version MGMA Cost Survey: Multispecialty Practices Report - most current version! MGMA Cost Survey: Single Specialty Practices Report - most current version! MGMA Management Compensation Survey - current version MGMA Performance & Practices of Successful Medical Groups - current version MGMA Physician Compensation & Production Survey - current version Microsoft Excel Data Analysis & Business Modeling - 2004 Money & Outpatient Psychiatry: Practice Guidelines - 2005 (The) National Directory of Managed Care Organizations - newest edition! National Fee Analyzer - Ingenix, most current editions (The) National Managed Care Leadership Directory - current edition Non-Physician Providers: Coding, Billing & Reimbursement - 2004 Not-for-Profit Audit Committee Best Practices - 2005 Nurse Practitioner's Business Practice & Legal Guide, 3e - 2007 OASIS Editor - Ingenix, current edition Optimize Your Healthcare Supply Chain Performance - ACHE, 2007 Outpatient Cardiac Rehab: Reimbursement & Compliance - 2005 (The) Paper Office: Ethically, Legally, Profitably, 4e - for therapists, 2008 Part B Billing 1-2-3: Strategies for Securing Long-Term Care Ancillary Revenue - 2004 Part B Insider - newsletter (The) Patient Access Director's Handbook - HCPro, 2008 (The) PFS Director's Handbook - HCPro, 2007 (The) Physician Billing Process: 12 Potholes to Avoid in the Road to Getting Paid, 2e - MGMA, 2009 Physician Characteristics & Distribution in the US - AMA, newest editions Physician Compensation & Production Survey - MGMA, current editions Physician Compensation: Measurement, Benchmarking & Implementation - 2000 Physician Compensation Strategies, 2e - AMA, 2004 Physician Compensation Plans: State-Of-The-Art Strategies - MGMA, 2006 Physician Empowerment Through Capitation - 2000 Physician Executive, Medical Staff & Practice Management - see books here Physician Management - see our full list of Practice Management books Physician Practice Management: Operational & Financial - MGMA,  2005 Physicians' Guide to Financial Planning - AMA, 2007 (A) Physician's Guide to Financial Statements - ACPE, 2002 Plunkett's Health Care Industry Almanac - newest edition Postacute Payment Manual - HCPro, 2007 (The) Power of Clinical & Financial Metrics: Success in Your Hospital - ACHE, 2005 (A) Practical Guide to Consolidated Billing, 2e - HCPro, 2007 (A) Practical Guide to Finance & Budgeting: Skills for Nurse Managers - 2004 Practice Management Books - please see our Practice Management Resources here Practicing Medicine Profitably: Relationship of Cost Analysis to Pricing Strategy - 2000 (The) Prescription for Financial Health: Authoritative Guide for Physicians - 2005 Prevent Denials & Win Appeals: Hospital Casemanager's Guide - HCPro, 2010 Prevention Effectiveness: Decision Analysis & Economic Evaluation, 2e - 2002 (The) Primary Care Provider's Guide to Compensation & Quality - 2005 Principles of Healthcare Reimbursement, 3e - AHIMA, 2011 Public Health Business Planning: A Practical Guide - 2008 Quality Improvement - see our QM and QI resources here Quantitative Methods in Health Care Management, 2e - 2009 (The) RAC Survival Guide: Successful Management of Recovery Audit Contractors - HCPro, 2009 RBRVS Coding - please see our full list of coding resources RBRVS Data Manager - AMA, current edition RBRVS Plus - Ingenix, data & software, always current Red Book - drug & supply prices, current year edition Regulatory Audits Desk Reference - Ingenix, current edition Reimbursement Management: Improving the Success & Profitability of Your Practice - AMA, 2010 Reimbursement Manual for the Medical Office, 5e - 2004 Relationship Fundraising: Business of Raising Money, 2e - 2002 Relative Values for Physicians - Ingenix, book & CD-ROM, most current editions Resource Based Relative Value Scale - PMIC, current edition Revenue Cycle Management Best Practices - AHIMA, 2011 Revenue Cycle Management Toolkit: Comprehensive Guide - HCPro, 2008 Rewarding Provider Performance: Aligning Incentives in Medicare - 2007 RVU Coding - please see our full list of coding resources Sarbanes-Oxley & the New Internal Auditing Rules - 2004 Sarbanes-Oxley for Nonprofits: A Guide to Building Competitive Advantage - 2005 Sarbanes-Oxley Internal Controls: Effective Auditing with AS5, CobiT & ITIL - 2008 (The) Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 Implementation Toolkit, 2e - 2008 Six Sigma Resources - please see all of our Six Sigma and Quality Improvement books Skilled Services Troubleshooter: Strategies for Medicare, 2e - 2008 Slee's Health Care Terms, 5e - 2007 (The) Smarter Physician: Conquering Your Practice's Billing and Reimbursement - MGMA, 2007 Social Security and Medicare Answer Book, 4e - Aspen, 2010 Staff Competency in Patient Access:: Building a Successful Team - HCPro, 2007 Starting a Medical Practice, 2e - AMA, 2003 Stop Rising Healthcare Costs Using Toyota Lean Production Methods - ASQ, 2007 Strategic Cost Reduction: Leading Your Hospital to Success - ACHE,  2007 Strategic Management of the Health Care Supply Chain - 2006 Tax Planning & Compliance for Tax-Exempt Organizations, 4e - all current editions & updates Technical & Financial Guide to EHR Implementation - AMA, 2007 Third Party Payer Directory - PMIC, current edition Time to Sell? Guide to Selling a Physician Practice: Value, Options, Alternatives - 2008 (The) Top 15 Financial Management Policies & Procedures: Physician Practices - 2005 Top Managed Care Contracting Clauses: Tool Kit for Providers - HCPro, 2007 Third Party Payer Directory - PMIC, current versions Transparent Pricing for Retail Healthcare: Critical Strategies - 2006 UB-04 Handbook for Hospital Billing - AHA, 2007 Understanding Healthcare Financial Management, 6e - 2010 Understanding Health Insurance: A Guide to Professional Billing, 9e - 2008 Uniform Billing Editor - book & CD, Ingenix, always current Upfront Collections Toolkit: 50 Essential Tools - HCPro, 2007 Utilization Review / Utilization Management - see our Case Management resources here Valuation of a Medical Practice - 1999 Wiley GAAP: Interpretation & Application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles - Wiley, current edition Wiley GAAP Handbook of Policies & Procedures - current edition Wiley Interpretation & Application of International Financial Reporting Standards - Wiley, current edition You may be interested in Benchmarks & Trends. 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