Essentials of Physician Practice Management Book

1	Budgeting for physician practices	3
2	Revenue cycle	33
3	Understanding the cost of providing services	56
4	Taxation and physician practices	85
5	Capital investment decisions	100
6	Monitoring financial performance	124
7	Negotiating managed care contracts and contract management	145
8	Federal and state regulations	174
9	Corporate compliance in a medical practice setting	195
10	Risk management	211
11	Governance and leadership in a medical practice	241
12	Human resource management	268
13	Physician compensation	291
14	The role of nonphysician clinicians in medical practice	311
15	Impact of nursing workforce issues on the physician and practice manager	330
16	Developing a business plan	349
17	Adding a new service or program to a medical practice	369
18	Marketing a practice	394
19	Integrating a clinical research program into a medical practice	410
20	Relationships between medical practices and community hospitals	433
21	Academic medical centers	455
22	Information systems	479
23	Performance improvement, teamwork, and monitoring outcomes	501
24	The twenty-first-century medical environment	524