Practice Management Book and Resource Tools

Coding for Chest Medicine 2009

For a coding resource as precise and specialized as the medicine you practice, turn to Coding for Chest Medicine 2009. The 2009 edition features detailed coding information for critical care, consultations, pulmonary function testing, bronchoscopy, ICU procedures, pulmonary rehabilitation, anesthesia services and moderate sedation, thoracic surgical procedures, electronic medical records, pay for performance, malpractice issues, and allergy and immunology services, and it includes a new chapter on rapid response teams. This resource is perfect for physicians, nonphysician providers, practice administrators/managers, office managers, and business managers.

The Physician Billing Process: Avoiding Potholes in the Road to Getting Paid

By Deborah L. Walker, MBA, FACMPE, Sara M. Larch, MSHA, FACMPE, and Elizabeth W. Woodcock, MBA, FACMPE, CPC, Published by: MGMA
Collect money that is due your practice! Use this book to diagnose problems and develop action plans to enhance the financial performance of your practice. Case studies, tools, checklists, resources, and sample policies and procedures will help you optimize your billing and collection processes. 248 pages.

Electronic Health Records: Transforming your Medical Practice

By Margret Amatayakul, MBA, RHIA, CHPS, CPEHR, CPHIT, FHIMSS and Steven S. Lazarus, PhD, CPEHR, CPHIT, FHIMSS, Published by: MGMA
This practical guide to electronic health records (EHR) in the medical practice setting will help you transform your practice and improve patient care. Tools, checklists, case studies and exhibits will help you with needs assessment, organization and planning, vender selection, and ongoing maintenance and enhancement. 292 pages.

Mastering Patient Flow: Using Lean Thinking to Improve Your Practice Operations, 3rd Edition

By Elizabeth W. Woodcock, MBA, FACMPE, CPC

Using lean thinking principles to structure workflow improvements, this third edition of the best-seller primer on medical practice operations delivers the newest trends for practice efficiency. Centering workflow around the patient. This book shows you how to take efficiency to a new level. MGMA classic is a completely updated comprehensive manual on practice operations. New material offers:

• Principles of lean management applied to medical practice operations
• Benchmarking staff by work function
• Patient access, including specialty pre-appointment screening and medical homes
• Test order and results management
• Prescription management
• Technology trends, including Web portals
• The Patient-Centered Practice of the Future

Building Practice Revenue: A Guide to Developing New Services

By Bruce A. Johnson, JD, MPA, Darrell L. Schryver, DPA, and Daniel P. Stech, MBA, CMPE, Published by: MGMA
This book will guide you through the decision-making process to assess the viability if new revenue opportunities. Written by expert consultants and health lawyers, this how-to resource is filled with case studies, a step-by-step return on investment analysis, checklists, and tools to help you evaluate new service offerings. 99 pages.

Rx for Business Success: Joining a Medical Practice

A must-read for both new and established physicians deciding whether to join a medical group, a hospital or to go out on their own. Find out how to assess potential employers, evaluate compensation packages, choose a reputable malpractice carrier, distinguish your optimal type of legal entity, and more. 208 pages.

Experts Answers to 101 Tough Practice Questions

Compiled by Mary Mourar, MLS, and edited by Kenneth T. Hertz, CMPE; Cynthia L. Dunn, FACMPE; Nick A. Fabrizio, PhD, FACMPE, and Jeffrey B. Milburn, MBA, CMPE, from the MGMA Health Care Consulting Group The “to do” list for a practice executive is never ending—from physician recruitment and retention to reducing staff turnover, surveying patient satisfaction, and improving practice financials. The answers to these and other practice management issues are in this book.

The Smarter Physician Vol 1 and CD ROM

By Bhagwan Satiani, MD, MBA, FACS © 2007

In order to operate a successful practice with healthy patients, staff, and a community at large, physicians must understand the legal and reimbursement matters that shape and challenge every medical setting. This book presents practical, down-to-earth information that can be used to face these financial challenges dealt with every day. 273 pages.