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060			_aW 130 IM 1998
100			_aIsenberg, Steven F. _9499
245			_aManaged care, outcomes and quality : _ba practical guide.
260			_aNew York : _bThieme, _c1998.
300			_axxii, 343 p. : _bill. ; _c29 cm.
504			_aIncludes index.
520			_aThe first section leads us through the complicated and risky business of capitation and examines reimbursement in a managed care environment. The idiosyncrasies of managed care contracts are detailed and you will learn how to negotiate with managed care companies. There is a focus on practice profiling and the presentation of an expertise on referral guidelines. The final chapter explores the ethical issues of managed care. In section II you will find a description of outcome research and youseful information for the implementation of outcomes research in community-based office practices. The third section begins with two chapters on improving office efficiency and managing staff in a managed care environment. The next chapter leads us through the important and complicated software selection process for the individual practitioner's needs. A private practitioner offers his insight into managing a medical practice and the section completes with some helpful pointers to avoid malpractice claims. Section IV provides the physicians' response to managed care. The legal issues of mergers and networks are discussed. Several practicing physicians outline their personal experiences in the rapidly changing world of physician network development. The book's final chapter leaves us with an expertise on how physicians can take back healthcare
650			_aManaged care programs _9500
650			_aPractice management
650			_aQuality and health care _9502
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