Pathology Practice Management: A Case-Based Guide

✍ Scribed by Lewis A. Hassell, Michael L. Talbert, Jane Pine Wood (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 302
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The authors discuss useful tools and tricks of the trade in pathology practice management. In-depth chapters on coding and billing by nationally known consultant Dennis Padget will prepare you to evaluate coding and billing practices. Noted law experts Jane Pine Wood and Amelia Larsen, attorneys at McDonald Hopkins, highlight key issues in employment, insurance, and hospital contracts and provide examples of how to deal with tricky issues. Sections on human resources and group dynamics take on the vexing issues that people bring to work. Finally, the authors identify current trends and reason how these might play out.

In providing a broad overview of pathology practice management, each chapter employs a didactic framework, including one or more scenarios to illustrate challenges encountered by the writers. This case-based approach facilitates interactive learning and will thus be particularly useful to pathology training programs.

Whatever your stage in the field—from resident to senior pathologist, including those in leadership roles—Pathology Practice Management: A Case-Based Guide is essential reading.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Health-Care Finance and the Pathology Practice....Pages 3-15
Trends Towards Outcomes, Accountable Care, and Value-Based Purchasing....Pages 17-21
Coding and Billing....Pages 23-52
Revenue Cycle Management....Pages 53-78
Applying the Knowledge....Pages 79-85
Current Major Trends and Considerations for the Future....Pages 87-92
Front Matter....Pages 93-94
The Income Statement....Pages 95-102
More Complex Arrangements....Pages 103-105
Practice Sales and Mergers....Pages 107-121
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
Payor Contracts....Pages 125-134
Hospital Contracts....Pages 135-145
Pathologist Employment Contracts....Pages 147-157
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Human Resources (HR) Management....Pages 161-178
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
Group Dynamics....Pages 181-194
Front Matter....Pages 195-195
Skills and Tools for Better Practice Management....Pages 197-205
Front Matter....Pages 207-208
Professional Liability Risk....Pages 209-215
Corporate and General Liability....Pages 217-220
Disaster Risks and Preparedness Planning....Pages 221-223
Market and Valuation Risks....Pages 225-229
Technologic and Regulatory Risks....Pages 231-235
Front Matter....Pages 207-208
Opportunities and Entrepreneurism....Pages 237-241
Identifying and Capitalizing on Opportunities....Pages 243-254
Front Matter....Pages 255-255
The High-Performing Practice into the Future....Pages 257-275
Bringing It All Together....Pages 277-281
Back Matter....Pages 283-314

✦ Subjects

Pathology; Practice and Hospital Management