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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. You may also purchase any of these books, if you wish. 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 - Feb 2006 Accounting Handbook for Medical Practices - 2000 Accounts Receivable Management for the Medical Practice, 2e - PMIC, 2002 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 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, Nov 2007 Assessing the Value of a Medical Practice, 2e - Feb 2004 Auditing PFS: Your Guide to Revenue Integrity - HCPro, Jul 2007 Best Practice Financial Management: Concepts for Healthcare Leaders, 3e - ACHE, Jul 2006 Beyond the Contract: Managing Your Relationship with the Payer - Nov 2006 Brink's Modern Internal Auditing: A Common Body of Knowledge, 7e - May 2009 Business Continuity Planning & HIPAA - Aug 2004 Business Fundamentals for the Rehabilitation Professional - Jun 2004 Business Concepts for Healthcare Providers - 2004 (The) Budget-Building Book for Nonprofits: Step-by-Step Guide for Managers & Boards, 2e - Nov 2007 Budgeting Concepts for Nursing Managers, 4e - Saunders, Sep 2007 Buying, Selling & Owning the Medical Practice, 2e - Nov 2003 BVR's Guide to Healthcare Valuation - Nov 2008 Capital Campaigns, Strategies That Work, 2e - Aug 2004 Capitation Survey - HCPro, current edition Case Management - see our complete Case Management resource list here Cases in Healthcare Finance, 3e - Sep 2005 Chargemaster Analyzer - Ingenix, complete desktop solution (The) Chargemaster Coordinators Handbook - HCPro, Sep 2008 Charity Care & Tax Exempt Issues for Nonprofit Hospital - always current! Coder Productivity: Tapping Your Team's Talents to Improve Quality & Reduce A/R - May 2006 Coding Books - please go to coding resources page Collections Made Easy! A Comprehensive Guide for Medical & Dental, 3e - PMIC, Dec 2007 Compensation - please see our human resources page Complete Guide to Medicare Coverage Issues - Ingenix, updateable, always current (The) Complete Guide to Mergers & Acquisitions, 2e - Aug 2007 Compliance Books - please go to our compliance & legal resources page Compliance for Coding, Billing & Reimbursement, 2e - Apr 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 - Jul 2008 Contracting in a Managed Care Environment: Market-Based Approaches - 2002 Cost Accounting for Health Care Organizations, 2e - 1999 Cost-Benefit Analysis, 3e - Dec 2005 Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Health: A Practical Approach, 2e - Nov 2007 CPT Coding - please see our full list of coding resources Cutting Costs in the Physician Practice, 2e - Aug 2005 Demand Management Best Practices: Process, Principles & Collaboration - 2003 Denial Management: Key Tools & Strategies - Nov 2005 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 - Aug 2008 (The) Doctor's Wealth Preservation Guide, 4e - Jan 2007 Documentation & Reimbursement for Behavioral Healthcare - AHIMA, Apr 2005 Documentation & Reimbursement for Home Care & Hospice - AHIMA, Nov 2001 Documentation & Reimbursement for Long-Term Care - AHIMA, May 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, Jul 2009 (The) Economics of Health & Health Care, 5e - Jun 2006 (The) Economics of Health & Medical Care, 5e - Dec 2003 (The) Economics of Health Reconsidered, 2e - ACHE, Nov 2002 Employment - please see our list of job search books (The) Essential Handbook of Internal Auditing - May 2005 (The) Essential RBRVs - Ingenix, book & CD-ROM, current editions Essentials of Cost Accounting for Health Care Organizations, 3e - Mar 2007 Essentials of Health Care Finance, 6e - Dec 2006 Essentials of Health Care Organization Finance Basics: Primer for Board Members - Nov 2004 Essentials of Health Economics - Jun 2009 Estimated Useful Lives of Depreciable Hospital Assets  - AHA, Aug 2008  Ethics & Reform - please see our collection of ethics resources Evidence-Based to Value-Based Medicine - AMA, Feb 2005 Financial & Accounting Guide for Not-for-Profit Organizations, 7e - Apr 2009 Financially Focused Project Management - Nov 2003 Financial Management for Medical Groups, 2e - MGMA, 2000 Financial Management for Nurse Managers & Executives, 3e - Apr 2007 Financial Management for Nurse Managers: Merging the Heart with the Dollar, 2e - Apr 2009 Financial Management for Public, Health & Not-for-Profit, 3e - May 2009 Financial Management in Health Care Organizations - Nov 2002 Financial Management Made Easy: Strategies for Ambulatory Surgery Centers - Nov 2005 Financial Management of Health Care Organizations, 2e - Nov 2007 (The) Financial Management of Hospitals & Healthcare Organizations, 4e - Nov 2007 Financial Management of the Medical Practice, 2e - AMA, Sep 2002 Financial Modeling Using Excel & VBA - Feb 2004 Financial Planning Handbook for Physicians & Advisors - Jan 2005 Financial Strategy for Managed Care: Rate, Risk, Competitive Advantage - Jun 2002 Fiscal Administration: Analysis & Applications for the Public Sector, 6e - Oct 2002 Fundamentals of Health Care Financial Management: Fiscal Issues & Activities, 3e - Jan 2008 Fundraising Basics: A Complete Guide, 2e - 2001 FutureScan: Healthcare Trends & Implications - AHA, ACHE, up-to-date GAAP: Interpretation and Application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles - Wiley, 2009 GAAP Handbook of Policies and Procedures - 2009 Glossary of Managed Care & Healthcare Terminology - newest version Grant Application Writer's Handbook, 4e - Sep 2004 Guide to Healthcare Valuation - most current edition Guide to Health Insurance Billing, 2e - Mar 2006 Handbook for Hospital Billing: Reference & Training Tool for UB-04 Manual - Jun 2009 HCPCS Coding - please see our full list of coding resources HCPCS Fee Analyzer - Ingenix, current (The) Healthcare Auditor's Handbook - HCPro, Mar 2006 Health Care Billing & Collections: Forms, Checklists, Guidelines - updated Health Care Collector Training Guide - 2000 Health Care Economics - Feb 2007 Health Care Economics, 6e - Jul 2004 (The) Healthcare Executive's Guide to Allocating Capital - ACHE, Jun 2007 Health Care Finance & Economics - Aug 2003 Health Care Finance: Basic Tools for Non-Financial Managers, 2e - Jan 2006 Healthcare Finance: Introduction to Accounting & Financial Management, 4e - ACHE, Nov 2007 Health Care Financial Management for Nurse Managers: Merging the Heart - up-to-date Health Care Financial Management for Nurse Managers: Applications - Jul 2005 Health Care Operations Management: Quantitative Approach - Aug 2007 Healthcare Payment Systems: An Introduction - May 2009 Healthcare Price, Cost & Utilization Benchmarks - HCPro, current & up-to-date Health Care Registration Forms, Checklists & Guidelines, 2e - always current Health Economics, 4e - Jun 2006 Health Economics & Financing, 3e - Jan 2007 Health Economics & Policy, 4e - Sep 2008 Health Economics: Fundamentals & Flow of Funds, 3e - Jan 2007 Health Economics: Theories, Insights & Industry Studies, 4e - May 2006 Health Insurance Carrier Directory - PMIC, current versions Health Plan Pay-for-Performance Programs: The Next Generation - AIS, Jul 2008 HIPAA Resources - review our list of HIPAA resources More HIPAA books here >> HMO / PPO Directory - newest edition Home Health Financial Management - Aspen, Dec 2007 Hospital Auditing & Monitoring: Sample Programs for Key Risk Areas - Apr 2004 Hospital Chargemaster Guide - Ingenix, current & updateable editions (The) Hospitalist Program Management Guide - 2003 Hospital Product Price Trends: Better Purchasing Value - May 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 - Mar 2007 How to Comply with Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 - Mar 2007 How-to Manual for Rehab Denials & Appeals - May 2005 How-To Manual for Rehab Documentation: Increasing Reimbursement & Reducing Denials, 3e - HCPro, Jun 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, May 2007 Insurance Directory: Most Complete Listing of Insurers - Ingenix, current editions Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office, 9e - Nov 2005 Introduction to Financial Accounting, 3e - May 2003 Introduction to Health Care Economics & Financial Management - Nov 2003 IRS & Tax Issues - please see our extensive Law & Compliance collection here IRS Audits of Tax-Exempt Organizations - Mar 2008 Jobs - please see our list of job search books Launching a Healthcare Capital Project - AHA, Mar 2004 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, Jul 2007 Looking for Cash Flow: Improve in Medical Group Practices - MGMA, 2002 Managed Care & Ambulatory Surgery: Contract Negotiation & Reimbursement - Dec 2004 Managed Care Contracting Survival Guide for Healthcare Providers - HCPro, Sep 2006 Managed Care for Rehab Providers Made Easy - HCPro, May 2007 Managed Care Glossary of Terminology - newest edition! Managed Care: What It Is & How It Works, 3e - Nov 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 - Sep 2004 Management Accounting in Health Care Organizations, 2e - Nov 2008 Manager's Guide to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act - Feb 2004 (A) Marketer's Guide to Measuring ROI: Tools to Track the Returns - HCPro, Aug 2007 Mastering Patient Flow: Increase Efficiency & Earnings, 3e - 2007 Mastering the Reimbursement Process, 4e - AMA, Dec 2007 Maximizing Billing & Collections in the Medical Practice - Jan 2007 MDS - for minimum data set resources for CMS, see coding resources (The) Medical Billing Handbook - Dec 2004 Medical Fees in the US - PMIC, current editions Medical Insurance Made Easy, 2e - Jan 2006 Medical Management Books - please see our Practice Management Resources here Medical Necessity Training Toolkit - HCPro, Feb 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, 2e - Nov 2003 Medical Practice Handbook: Accounting, Managed Care, Operations - 2002 (The) Medical Practice's Ultimate Business Planning Workbook - MGMA, Oct 2008 (The) Medical Practice's Ultimate Feasibility and Pre-Planning Workbook - MGMA, Oct 2008 Medicare Benefit Policy Manual for LTC - HCPro, Aug 2008 Medicare Claims Appeals Process Handbook - always current Medicare Claims Processing Manual for LTC - HCPro, Aug 2008 Medicare Compliance Manual - PMIC, current editions Medicare Cost Reports Made Easy: Guide for SNF - Nov 2004 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 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 - May 2006 Mergers and Acquisitions - please see our management resources and books Mergers & Acquisitions: A Step-by-Step Legal & Practical Guide - Jan 2008 MGMA Academic Practice Compensation & Production Survey - most current version   MGMA Ambulatory Surgery Center Performance Survey - 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 - Feb 2004 Money & Outpatient Psychiatry: Practice Guidelines - May 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 - Nov 2004 Not-for-Profit Audit Committee Best Practices - Dec 2005 Nurse Practitioner's Business Practice & Legal Guide, 3e - Aug 2007 Optimize Your Healthcare Supply Chain Performance - ACHE, Mar 2007 Outpatient Cardiac Rehab: Reimbursement & Compliance - Nov 2005 (The) Paper Office: Ethically, Legally, Profitably, 4e - for therapists, Sep 2008 Part B Billing 1-2-3: Strategies for Securing Long-Term Care Ancillary Revenue - Nov 2004 Part B Insider - newsletter (The) Patient Access Director's Handbook - HCPro, Apr 2008 (The) PFS Director's Handbook - HCPro, May 2007 (The) Physician Billing Process: 12 Potholes to Avoid in the Road to Getting Paid, 2e - MGMA, Apr 2009 Physician Characteristics & Distribution in the US - AMA, newest editions Physician Compensation & Production Survey - MGMA, current editions Physician Compensation: Measurement, Benchmarking & Implementation - Sep 2000 Physician Compensation Strategies, 2e - AMA, Aug 2004 Physician Compensation Plans: State-Of-The-Art Strategies - MGMA, Jun 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, Jan 2005 Physicians' Guide to Financial Planning - AMA, Feb 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, Mar 2005 (A) Practical Guide to Consolidated Billing, 2e - HCPro, Mar 2007 (A) Practical Guide to Finance & Budgeting: Skills for Nurse Managers - Dec 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 - Sep 2005 Prevention Effectiveness: Decision Analysis & Economic Evaluation, 2e - Oct 2002 (The) Primary Care Provider's Guide to Compensation & Quality - May 2005 Principles of Healthcare Reimbursement - AHIMA, Jan 2006 Public Health Business Planning: A Practical Guide - Jul 2008 Quality Improvement - see our QM and QI resources here Quantitative Methods in Health Care Management, 2e - May 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 Reimbursement Manual for the Medical Office, 5e - Jan 2004 Relationship Fundraising: Business of Raising Money, 2e - Jul 2002 Relative Values for Physicians - Ingenix, book & CD-ROM, most current editions Resource Based Relative Value Scale - PMIC, current edition Revenue Cycle Management Toolkit: Comprehensive Guide - HCPro, Jul 2008 Rewarding Provider Performance: Aligning Incentives in Medicare - Jan 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 - May 2008 (The) Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 Implementation Toolkit, 2e - May 2008 Seven Strategies Improve Your Bottom Line: Healthcare Executive Guide - 2001 Six Sigma Resources - please see all of our Six Sigma and Quality Improvement books Skilled Services Troubleshooter: Strategies for Medicare, 2e - Aug 2008 Slee's Health Care Terms, 5e - Nov 2007 (The) Smarter Physician: Conquering Your Practice's Billing and Reimbursement - MGMA, Sep 2007 Staff Competency in Patient Access:: Building a Successful Team - HCPro, Oct 2007 Starting a Medical Practice, 2e - AMA, Mar 2003 Stop Rising Healthcare Costs Using Toyota Lean Production Methods - ASQ, May 2007 Strategic Cost Reduction: Leading Your Hospital to Success - ACHE, Jan 2007 Strategic Management of the Health Care Supply Chain - Feb 2006 Tax Planning & Compliance for Tax-Exempt Organizations, 4e - all current editions & updates Technical & Financial Guide to EHR Implementation - AMA, Feb 2007 Time to Sell? Guide to Selling a Physician Practice: Value, Options, Alternatives - Oct 2008 (The) Top 15 Financial Management Policies & Procedures: Physician Practices - Jun 2005 Top Managed Care Contracting Clauses: Tool Kit for Providers - HCPro, Oct 2007 Third Party Payer Directory - PMIC, current versions Transparent Pricing for Retail Healthcare: Critical Strategies - Dec 2006 UB-04 Handbook for Hospital Billing - AHA, 2007 Understanding Healthcare Financial Management, 5e - Nov 2006 Understanding Health Insurance: A Guide to Professional Billing, 9e - Jan 2008 Uniform Billing Editor - book & CD, Ingenix, always current Upfront Collections Toolkit: 50 Essential Tools - HCPro, Mar 2007 Utilization Review / Utilization Management - see our Case Management resources here Valuation of a Medical Practice - 1999 You may be interested in Benchmarks & Trends. For Coding Books, please click here. And, we have many Journals & Newsletters that will interest you. 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