Physician Alignment - Constructing Viable Roadmaps for the Future (Hardcover)

Through healthcare reform, payment modifications, transparency, and a renewed focus on value, the healthcare industry is changing its organizational structure from one of a multitude of individual entities to one of a system-of-care model. This restructuring and subsequent alignment of information presents new risks and opportunities for physicians, hospitals, and other healthcare providers. Emphasizing effective interactions between physicians and the health system, Physician Alignment: Constructing Viable Roadmaps for the Future examines the different ways physicians and hospitals can create systems to not only survive, but thrive through the changes facing healthcare. It draws on experienced authors in the area of physician purchasing to explain the various integrative models for physicians and hospitals. Provides an accessible introduction to the different types of healthcare delivery models Covers the various types of integration-starting with the simplest and evolving into full employment models with full integration Includes helpful information for doctors considering a transition to physician employment Highlights emerging trends in healthcare Explaining how these systems should be constructed and aligned, the book provides healthcare organizations with a roadmap for planning for the future. The book concludes with a chapter on accountable care organizations and patient-centered medical homes that moves from the conceptual to administrative embodiments of the principles of an integrated health system as we now know it.

General

Imprint:	Crc Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2012
First published:	2013
Authors:	George Mayzell MD Mba Facp • William R. Breen Jr
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	157
ISBN-13:	978-1-4665-0476-9
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > General
LSN:	1-4665-0476-5
Barcode:	9781466504769

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