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Integrating Behavioral Health into The Medical Home: A Rapid Implementation Guide

A one-of-a-kind practical resource that offers up- to-the-minute guidance on how to integrate behavioral health (BH) into primary care in a manner which is legal, profitable, clinically effective, time-efficient, and reflective of best practices.

Author: Kent A. Corso, PsyD, BCBA-D; Christopher L. Hunter, PhD, ABPP; Owen Dahl, MBA, FACHE, LSSMBB; Gene A. Kallenberg, MD; and Lesley Manson, PsyD

How Physicians Can Fix Health Care: One Innovation at a Time

Learn how to formulate an innovative idea, solidify it and design a team to deploy it. The author cites real-life examples of how small innovations are improving health care across the country and explains how all physicians can achieve similar successes within any health ca...

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Author: Chris Trimble

Physicians at the Bargaining Table: Alignment, Clinical Integration, Value-based Contracting and Population Health Management

Today’s practicing physicians tend to feel hemmed in by the pressures to align with other entities imposed upon them through the changing structures in healthcare. The dilemma is not so much of whether or not to merge in some manner with other entities; rather, it is more ab...

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Author: Ellis M. “Mac” Knight, MD, and Max Reiboldt, CPA

Inspired Physician Leadership: Creating Influence and Impact

This book is a must-read for physicians at any career stage who are ready to advance their leadership skills to the next level.

Author: Charles R. Stoner and Jason S. Stoner

Physician Alignment: Ensuring Success with Negotiations, Payment Systems, and Education of Stakeholders

In light of the evolution of healthcare, physician alignment is a legitimate issue for providers who now function in the era of accountable care. The dilemmas providers face are less about whether to align with other entities and more about how to ensure success. Many option...

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Author: Max Reiboldt, CPA

Operation Five-Star: Service Excellence in the Medical Practice - Cultural Competency, Post-Adverse Events, and Patient Engagement

In the past, Five-Star Service was perhaps one of the most underestimated concepts in the healthcare industry. Not anymore. Five-Star customer service is something we all demand in our everyday lives - in our homes, businesses, and personal lives - and now it is becoming one...

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Author: James W. Saxton, Esq., and Maggie M. Finkelstein, Esq.

Own the Phone: Proven Ways of Handling Calls, Securing Appointments, and Growing Your Healthcare Practice

Every day, potential buyers call your practice, and too often, experience poor customer service, which turns them away. Inefficient phone handling also frustrates existing patients and hurts patient retention. All told, poor phone management causes practices to lose much-nee...

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Author: Spencer Peller

Advancing Excellence in Healthcare Quality: 40 Strategies for Improving Patient Outcomes and Providing, Safe, High-Quality Healthcare

In this easy-to-read book, the author presents 40 strategies – 10 topics in each of 4 categories which helps providers enhance quality, reduce readmissions, decrease errors, improve disease prevention, and cut healthcare costs. Packed with practical, easy-to-implement sugges...

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Author: Mary Sue McAslan, Pharm. D

The Prescription for Financial Health An Authoritative Guide for Physicians Second Edition

The authors of this successful book realize that most physicians, while getting their medical training, had no time to take accounting and finance courses. Their goals were on building their clinical knowledge. As a result, many physicians are unprepared to handle their fina...

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Author: Joel M. Blau, CFP, and Ronald J. Paprocki, JD, CFP, CHBC

Quality Care, Affordable Care: How Physicians Can Reduce Variation and Lower Healthcare Costs

Now that health insurance reform has been passed and upheld by the Supreme Court, the real job of reducing the cost of healthcare needs to begin. But reducing healthcare costs is an extremely difficult job, one which requires out-of-the-box thinking to succeed. Fortunately, ...

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Author: Lawrence Shapiro, MD

The Patient-Centered Payoff: Driving Practice Growth Through Image, Culture and Patient Experience

This book is a practical guide to creating a positive practice image which grows a loyal, referring patient base. It includes advice on how to measure performance and maintain accountability; how to define your practice image and express it with conviction; and how to manage...

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Author: Judy Capko and Cheryl Bisera

Establishing, Managing and Protecting Your Online Reputation: A Social Media Guide for Physicians and Medical Practices

Kick off your social media efforts today with this comprehensive resource. In addition to unique insights from practicing physician and social media pioneer Kevin Pho, MD, this book offers doctors a step-by-step guide on how to use social media to manage an online reputation...

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Author: Kevin Pho, MD, and Susan Gay

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