The Primary Care Provider's Guide to Compensation and Quality
Subtitle: How to Get Paid and Not Get Sued, Second Edition
Edition: 2nd edition
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc.
Published: February 7, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Spiral-bound
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780763729585
Subjects: Medicine: General Issues; United States; Medical care; Health/Fitness; Health & Fitness; Medical / Nursing; Quality control; Primary health care; Practice Management & Reimbursement; Health Care Delivery; Health & Fitness / General; Health Care Issues; Measurement; Primary care (Medicine)
First sentence: The indicators that a government or private agency may issue report cards for primary care providers at some point in the future include the following: Several advisory organizations-the Institute of Medicine (IOM), the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), and the Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), all private, nongovernmental organizations, say health care quality needs to be improved, including primary care.