Money and Outpatient Psychiatry: Practice Guidelines from...

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 391 pages
• Published by: W. W. Norton & Company
• Edition: 1st Edition May 17, 2005
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0393704408
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0393704402
• Book Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.6 inches
• Weighs: 1.4 pounds

Product Review
Covers many issues not usually revealed in grad school, which all practitioners need to know…managed care, drug companies…and more. -- The Bookwatch

Very valuable, well-writtenof particular importance and utility for those starting outWell worth the time for all the rest of us. -- Psychiatric Services

[T]his book has no serious competition and should be of great use to clinicians in independent practice. -- Leonard J. Haas, PsycCritiques

Product Description
A comprehensive guide to money matters in the office, with patients and with financial institutions.

Money management issues pervade all psychiatric practices, yet they are never discussed in school. This book is an all-in-one guide for the practitioner seeking to understand and master topics such as accounting, billing, collecting fees, contract law and informed consent, fee reduction and increases, payments and gifts (from patients as well as drug companies), nonpayment, and taxes.

Reader Reviews
Cecilia M. Mikalac, MD's Money And Outpatient Psychiatry: Practice Guidelines From Accounting To Ethics covers many issues not usually revealed in grad school, which all practitioners need to know. Billing, accounting and business management concerns are translated into money management basics for psychiatric practices of all types, from practicing psychologists to social workers and nurses, covering such important topics as how to assess an office or practice's financial foundations, plan for private practice's ups and downs, and handling legal and ethical challenges along the way. The second section covering insurance concerns, managed care, drug companies, kickbacks and more is where the meat of the book lies, really delving into the daily concerns a private practice an expect to encounter. MD's Money And Outpatient Psychiatry is a 'must' for any clinician or practice in psychiatry.