Building and Managing Effective Physician Organizations Under Capitation

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Jones & Bartlett Learning, 1996 - 363 pages
This resource offers you a unique Building Block system, a proven-effective tool used by organizations to survive and prosper in an era of different reimbursement schemes, from discounted fee-for-service and primary care capitation, to global capitation and percent of premium payment.

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Contents

Chapter 1Building Effective Physician Equity Alliances
3
Profiling Management Services Organizations as a Central
25
Todays Market Competition Demands Action and Merger
31
Chapter 3Strategies for Communicating with Physicians in the Era
58
The Five Stages of Managed Care and Physician Organizations
72
Chapter 5Using Advanced Physician Management Structure To Ensure Clinical
87
Chapter 6Expansion Process for Physician Organizations
103
Getting Started
128
Chapter 13Managed Care Contracting and Reimbursement for Physician
231
Reimbursement Methodologies for Managed Care
241
Risk Sharing
248
Understanding the MCO Contract
263
Conclusion
276
Chapter 15Critical Issues in Negotiating Capitated Contracts
278
Negotiating the Rate
286
Preparing the Organization for Capitation Negotiations
293

Stories from the Front Lines
134
When Is Change Appropriate?
140
Physicians Take Leadership
149
Strategic Alliance Decisions
159
Chapter 10Selecting Information Systems for Managing MSOS
191
Planning the Information Systems
206
Managing Change
213
Outcomes DataWhat Are They?
219
Future Trends
225
Conclusion
300
Chapter 16Developing and Operating PhysicianDriven HMOs
309
Miscellaneous
316
Understanding the Capitation Contract
323
The Bottom LineWhat Specialists Should Expect from Their
331
Winning through Adaptation
337
Chapter 19Creating the Future through Todays Vision and Actions
348
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Douglas Goldstein is an "eFuturist," Author and President of Medical Alliances, Inc. He guides leading health care organizations in clinical and business performance improvement through intelligent use of technology, knowledge management and 'Distinctive Innovation.' He can be reached at doug@medicalalliances.com.

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