Healthcare Business.- Implications of Today's Healthcare Environment.- Management.- Finance.- Billing and Reimbursement.- Current Procedural Terminology Codes and ICD-9 and ICD-10 Coding.- Electronic Medical Record -- Managed Care.- Hospital Governance.- Private Practice Employment.- Physician Employment in a Hospital System.- Human Resources.- Contracts Administration.- Resume Essentials.- Medical Business Law and Regulations -- Materials Management.- Physician/administrator Relations.- Lean/6Sigma/Daily Management System.

This book presents a practical set of business administration skills for physicians and other healthcare professionals who assume administrative positions in healthcare organizations. It describes management and leadership practices; revenue cycle and financial statements;  financial planning, analysis, and execution; strategic planning; managed care; payment methods; hospital governance; and medical business law. Written for the healthcare professional in easily understandable language, Medicine and Business describes each concept, delineates its applications in public and private healthcare organizations, and provides insight into future developments in each sector. .