The primary care provider's guide to compensation and quality
Subtitle: how to get paid and not get sued
By: Carolyn Buppert.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Sudbury, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 458
Subjects: Primary health care -- United States -- Quality control; Primary care (Medicine) -- United States -- Quality control; Medical care -- United States -- Quality control -- Measurement; Medical personnel -- Malpractice -- United States -- Prevention; Medical fees -- United States; Outcome assessment (Medical care) -- United States; Practice Management, Medical; Quality Assurance, Health Care -- methods; Reimbursement Mechanisms; Malpractice; Quality Indicators, Health Care -- standards
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Measuring performance in primary care; title: Systems for meeting benchmarks for screening and health maintenance; title: Measuring outcomes in primary care; title: Systems for measuring outcomes at the practice level; title: Systems for tracking functional status; title: Systems for measuring and tracking patient satisfaction; title: Malpractice: the ultimate failure in quality; title: Systems for avoiding malpractice; title: Reimbursement for primary care; title: What is fraud and abuse in billing; title: Systems for complying with managed care organizations; title: How to contract with managed care organizations; title: How to maximize reimbursement.