Robert Lee

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Business & Economics

Good management requires a fundamental understanding of economics. In the rapidly changing healthcare landscape, economics can provide a road map for managers looking to effectively navigate strategic, goal-oriented decisions while also improving population health outcomes. Economics for Healthcare Managers provides the practical guide that healthcare managers need to simplify and strengthen the decision-making process for everyday issues. Written for those with little or no background in economics, the book is designed to engage readers in todays policy and management challenges. The author references classic studies while also drawing on current research and emphasizing contemporary analyses. As the purview of healthcare managers has expanded significantly, this edition has been updated to reflect their evolving role. Featuring 17 new case studies, the book incorporates recent changes in health policy and research, including new and revised content on: " Realizing the Triple Aim " Profits, market structure, and market power " Regulations of the Affordable Care Act " Health insurance and the move toward value-based payments " The healthcare financing system and alternative payment mechanisms The book and its companion materials combine multiple cases, class activities, and special features to engage students and facilitate active learning. These resources give students in the classroom the opportunity to tackle the kinds of challenging economic issues they can expect to face during their careers as healthcare managers. Economics for Healthcare Managers introduces cutting-edge thinking about the economics of policy and management and provides future healthcare managers with the strong foundation they'll need in this critical discipline.

Economics for Healthcare Managers, Fourth Edition

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George H. Pink

Paula H. Song

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Revised edition of: Understanding healthcare financial management. Louis C. Gapenski, George H. Pink. 2015.

Gapenski's Understanding Healthcare Financial Management

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Ray M. Merrill

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Recognized by Book Authority as one of the best Public Health books of all time, Introduction to Epidemiology is a comprehensive, reader-friendly introduction to this exciting field. Designed for students with minimal training in the biomedical sciences and statistics, this full-color text emphasizes the application of the basic principles of epidemiology according to person, place, and time factors in order to solve current, often unexpected, and serious public health problems. Students will learn how to identify and describe public health problems, formulate research hypotheses, select appropriate research study designs, manage and analyze epidemiologic data, interpret results, and apply results in preventing and controlling disease and health-related events. Offering real-world examples in the form of case studies and news files in each chapter, Introduction to Epidemiology is an accessible and effective approach to learning epidemiology.

Introduction to Epidemiology

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Michael K. Harrington

Health Care Finance and the Mechanics of Insurance and Reimbursement stands apart from other texts on health care finance or health insurance, in that it combines financial principles unique to the health care setting with the methods and process for reimbursement (including coding, reimbursement strategies, compliance, financial reporting, case mix index, and external auditing). It explains the revenue cycle in detail, correlating it with regular management functions; and covers reimbursement from the initial point of care through claim submission and reconciliation. Thoroughly updated for its second edition, this text reflects changes to the Affordable Care Act, Managed Care Organizations, new coding initiatives, new components of the revenue cycle (from reimbursement to compliance), updates to regulations surrounding health care fraud and abuse, changes to the Recovery Audit Contractors (RAC) program, and more.

Health Care Finance and the Mechanics of Insurance and Reimbursement

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David B. Nash

Raymond J. Fabius

Alexis Skoufalos

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the field of population health has evolved and matured considerably. Improving quality and health outcomes along with lowering costs has become an ongoing focus in delivery of health care. The new Third Edition of Population Health reflects this focus and evolution in today's dynamic healthcare landscape by conveying the key concepts of population health management and examining strategies for creating a culture of health and wellness in the context of health care reform. Offering a comprehensive, forward-looking approach to population health, the Third Edition's streamlined organization features 14 chapters divided among 3 major sections: Part I – Population Health in the U.S.; Part 2 –The Population Health Ecosystem: and Part 3 – Creating Culture Change.

Population Health: Creating a Culture of Wellness with Navigate 2 Advantage Access

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Richard K. Thomas

"This book explains the traditional and contemporary approaches that healthcare marketers rely on and that enable healthcare organizations to rise above current trends and turmoil to position themselves for the future healthcare environment"--

Marketing Health Services, Fourth Edition

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W. Jack Duncan

Peter M. Ginter

Linda E. Swayne

A comprehensive guide to effective strategic management of health care organizations. Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations provides essential guidance for leading health care organizations through strategic management. This structured approach to strategic management examines the processes of strategic thinking, consensus building and documentation of that thinking into a strategic plan, and creating and maintaining strategic momentum – all essential for coping with the rapidly evolving health care industry. Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations fully explains how strategic managers must become strategic thinkers with the ability to evaluate a changing industry, analyze data, question assumptions, and develop new ideas. The book guides readers through the strategic planning process demonstrating how to incorporate strategic thinking and create and document a clear and coherent plan of action. In addition, the all-important processes of creating and maintaining the strategic momentum of the organization are fully described. Finally, the text demonstrates how strategic managers in carrying out the strategic plan, must evaluate its success, learn more about what works, and incorporate new strategic thinking into operations and subsequent planning. This strategic management approach has become the de facto standard for health care management as leadership and strategic management are more critical than ever in coping with an industry in flux. This book provides heath care management students as well as health care administrators with foundational guidance on strategic management concepts and practices, tailored to the unique needs of the health care industry. Included are a clear discussion of health services external analysis, organizational internal analysis, the development of directional strategies, strategy alternative identification and evaluation, and the development and management of implementation strategies providing an informative and insightful resource for anyone in the field. This new eighth edition has been fully updated to reflect new insights into strategic thinking, new methods to conceptualize and document critical environmental issues, practical steps for carrying out each of the strategic management processes, industry and management essentials for strategic thinkers , and new case studies for applying the strategic management processes. More specifically, readers of this edition will be able to: Create a process for developing a strategic plan for a health care organization. Map and analyze external issues, trends, and events in the general environment, the health care system, and the service area. Conduct a comprehensive service area competitor analysis. Perform an internal analysis and determine the competitive advantages and competitive disadvantages. Develop directional strategies. Identify strategic alternatives and make rational strategic decisions for a health care organization. Develop a comprehensive strategy for a health care organization. Create effective value-adding service delivery and support strategies. Translate service delivery and support plans into specific action plans. The health care industry’s revolutionary change remains ongoing and organizational success depends on leadership. Strategic management has become the single clearest manifestation of effective leadership of health care organizations and the strategic management framework’s strengths are needed now more than ever. The Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations provides comprehensive guidance and up-to-date practices to help leaders keep their organizations on track.

The Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations

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American Psychological Association

English

The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association is the style manual of choice for writers, editors, students, and educators in the social and behavioral sciences, nursing, education, business, and related disciplines.

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association

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Stephen J. Perkins

Raisa Arvinen-Muondo

People, Process, Work and Human Resource Management

Organizational Behaviour bridges the gap between OB and HRM, and the interrelated nature of these fields of study that are more often than not treated separately. It helps the reader to relate the OB canon to their experiences in the world of work and organizations and prompts them to question the way relationships around employment are managed within these institutions.

Organizational Behaviour

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Jennie Lynnn

Jennie Lynnn

@jennie435855

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Introduction to Epidemiology

Michael K. Harrington

Health Care Finance and the Mechanics of Insurance and Reimbursement

David B. Nash; Raymond J. Fabius; Alexis Skoufalos

Population Health: Creating a Culture of Wellness with Navigate 2 Advantage Access

David B. Nash; Raymond J. Fabius; Alexis Skoufalos

Population Health: Creating a Culture of Wellness with Navigate 2 Advantage Access

Richard K. Thomas

Marketing Health Services, Fourth Edition

W. Jack Duncan; Peter M. Ginter; Linda E. Swayne

The Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations

American Psychological Association

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association

Stephen J. Perkins; Raisa Arvinen-Muondo

Organizational Behaviour

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Economics for Healthcare Managers, Fourth Edition

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David B. Nash; Raymond J. Fabius; Alexis Skoufalos

Population Health: Creating a Culture of Wellness with Navigate 2 Advantage Access

David B. Nash; Raymond J. Fabius; Alexis Skoufalos

Population Health: Creating a Culture of Wellness with Navigate 2 Advantage Access

Richard K. Thomas

Marketing Health Services, Fourth Edition

W. Jack Duncan; Peter M. Ginter; Linda E. Swayne

The Strategic Management of Health Care Organizations

American Psychological Association

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association

Stephen J. Perkins; Raisa Arvinen-Muondo

Organizational Behaviour

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