This book describes a real world approach for business owners, executives and Boards to use in determining how business risk can affect top priority business strategies and how to develop action plans for addressing those risks through Enterprise Risk Management (ERM). It clearly explains the steps necessary to achieve an effective ERM process through …
Packed with test-taking tips and techniques, the 2014 CPC CERTIFICATION STUDY GUIDE delivers a current and comprehensive review that is the ideal prep for the AAPC CPC Certification Exam. The guide begins with a complete summary of the business of medicine, ensuring a solid understanding of the medical office and the role of the coder. It covers ICD-9-CM …
Even with new health-care policies, one thing is clear: health-care costs will continue to rise dramatically. While individuals may get better coverage, businesses will have the same problem they’ve had for the last four decades. Health care, one of corporate America’s largest expenses, is growing at double-digit rates, and nothing done in Washington will change that.But one medium-size …
Catastrophic Care: Why Everything We Think We Know about Health Care Is Wrong
In 2007 David Goldhill’s father died from infections acquired in a well-regarded New York hospital. The bill, for several hundred thousand dollars, was paid by Medicare. Angered, Goldhill became determined to understand how it was possible that well-trained personnel equipped with world-class technologies could be responsible for such inexcusable carelessness—and how a business that failed so miserably could …
Health Care Finance And The Mechanics Of Insurance And Reimbursement
Health Care Finance and the Mechanics of Insurance and Reimbursement stands apart from other texts on health care finance or health insurance, in that it specifically addresses the methods and process for reimbursement, including coding, reimbursement strategies, compliance, financial reporting, case mix index, and external auditing. With up-to-date coverage of the Affordable Care Act, this one-of-a-kind text …
Energy Trading and Investing: Trading, Risk Management and Structuring Deals in the Energy Market
“The essential training manual for anyone who expects to profi tably engage the energy market while avoiding the devils lurking in the details.”Kurt Yeager, former President and CEO of the Electric Power Research Institute and coauthor of Perfect Power Shrinking fossil fuel supplies, volatile prices, deregulation, and environmental conservation have transformed the energy market into a major …
Medicare Essentials: A Physician Insider Explains the Fine Print
Featured in U.S. News and World Report, this best-selling Medicare guide is now available with 2015 updates! Written by Tanya Feke MD, a board-certified family physician, Medicare Essentials tells you everything you really need to know about this government program. With experience caring for patients and working with administrators, she has learned tricks that can save you …
The third edition of Introduction to Aviation Insurance and Risk Management has provided the opportunity to improve the book and extend its life into the 21st Century. Old material has been deleted and newer, more timely material added. Unlike the previous editions a number of industry professionals have contributed to the new version. Despite these changes the …
Uninsured in America: Life and Death in the Land of Opportunity
Uninsured in America goes to the heart of why more than forty million Americans are falling through the cracks in the health care system, and what it means for society as a whole when so many people suffer the consequences of inadequate medical care. Based on interviews with 120 uninsured men and women and dozens of medical providers, …