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Health Care Financial Management for Nurse Managers: Applications in Hospitals, Long-Term Care, Home Care, and Ambulatory Care » (1st Edition)

Book cover image of Health Care Financial Management for Nurse Managers: Applications in Hospitals, Long-Term Care, Home Care, and Ambulatory Care by Janne Dunham-Taylor

Authors: Janne Dunham-Taylor
ISBN-13: 9780763734756, ISBN-10: 0763734756
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Jones & Barlett Learning
Date Published: May 2005
Edition: 1st Edition

Author Biography: Janne Dunham-Taylor

Book Synopsis

Edited by a nurse and a retired CFO, this text helps nurse managers build the financial skills needed when navigating reimbursement issues in various health care settings. Eleven contributions from practitioners with specialized knowledge cover such topics as budgeting for inpatient care, conducting Medicare assessments, and determining allowable costs for billing insurance providers. This is a companion volume to Health Care Financial Management for Nurse Managers: Merging the Heart with the Dollar (Jones & Bartlett, 2006). Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

1	Overview of hospital-based care	3
2	Using inpatient tools to predict cost and measure performance	87
3	Ignoring the patient classification system - another way to staff	117
4	Acuity-based flexible nursing budgets	157
5	Managing long-term care resources	181
6	The resident assessment instrument (RAI) : the minimum data set (MDS)	219
7	An interdisciplinary approach to the MDS	243
8	Introduction to home health care	273
9	Putting it all together : managing resources in a home health agency	291
10	Nurse practitioner reimbursement in primary care	325
11	Managing resources/budgeting in ambulatory care	371