Main description:

This book takes a fresh look at how caring for Medicare beneficiaries can lead to success in today's healthcare marketplace. Using examples from highly successful practice models, the book will take the reader through the key components necessary to run a profitable geriatric practice. The author, who co-founded what became one of the largest geriatric private practices in the country, discusses each part of the continuum of care from the perspective of the provider-client relationship, highlighting the importance of business cultures in this environment. The text also features an overview of payment models, starting with traditional fee-for-service, insurance (Medicare HMO's), and finishing with the concept of bundled payment models that have been heralded as the future of physician reimbursement. Finally, this book focuses on the practical aspects of business planning, budgeting and hiring and concludes with chapters about the key challenges faced by a geriatric practice, focusing on provider productivity, coding and billing, and dealing with potential competition in the marketplace. The Business of Geriatrics is the ultimate business guide for primary care physicians, geriatricians, residents, medical students, healthcare administrators, policymakers, business and medical administrative students, and practice managers.

Contents:

PrefaceChapter 1 - A Geriatrician's Success StoryChapter 2 - Why Geriatric Medicine MattersChapter 3 - Matching Clinical Strengths to RevenueChapter 4 - Taking Full Risk: A Real World ExperienceChapter 5 - The Psychology of GeriatriciansChapter 6 - Going to BattleChapter 7 - By the NumbersChapter 8 - Swimming with the SharksChapter 9 - Me and the OIGChapter 10 - Nursing Homes: Survival of the FittestChapter 11 - Assisted Living: Health Care or Real Estate?Chapter 12 - House Calls: A "New" Old Fashioned ApproachChapter 13 - Care Coordination: The Heart of GeriatricsChapter 14 - Medicare Advantage: Past, Present and FutureChapter 15 - Business Planning for Geriatrics SuccessChapter 16 - They Don't Call it Risk for NothingChapter 17 - ACO's: Days of Future PastChapter 18 - Bundling and Alternate Payment ModelsChapter 19 - MIPS and GeriatricsChapter 20 - Fee for Service: Will it Ever Die?Chapter 21 - Competition: Not an Effective StrategyChapter 22 - Getting the Most out of ProvidersChapter 23 - Electronic Health RecordsChapter 24 - Opportunities in Today's Healthcare Marketplace