Your Money and Your Health: How to Find Affordable, High-Quality Healthcare »

Jordan Braverman, MPH, MSFS (Washington, DC), after graduating from Harvard College, received his Masters of Public Health from Yale University Medical School. He has directed health policy activities with the Blue Cross Association, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, and Georgetown University's Health Policy Center, and has held healthcare consulting positions with EBS Management Consultants, FMAS Corporation, and DynCorp Corporation. In addition, Mr. Braverman was managing editor of Topics in Health Care Financing and is the author of numerous books on healthcare, including The Education of the Osteopathic Physician, Health Maintenance Organizations, Nursing Home Standards, Consumer's Book of Health, and Crisis in Health Care, among others.

Here is your roadmap to healthcare in the 21st century. Encyclopedic in scope yet designed for ease of use, this definitive reference work will help you make intelligent decisions about your healthcare in respect to both quality of care and affordability. With over forty years of experience in healthcare consulting for such major organizations as Blue Cross, the American Pharmaceutical Association, and Georgetown University's Health Policy Center, author Jordan Braverman offers a wealth of knowledge on ten major areas of healthcare: evaluating physicians, finding good dental care, traditional private health insurance, managed care, Medicaid and Medicare, surgery, hospital stays, nursing homes, home and hospice care, and prescription drugs.

This all-in-one sourcebook contains the following unique features:
Each chapter answers three questions: How do I find, evaluate, and pay for health care services within my budget?
Coverage of the healthcare field is unusually comprehensive, with numerous cross-references to allow the reader instant access to important information on any topic.
Includes a one-of-a-kind index of health-related Web sites and health organizations organized by chapter to provide additional information on specific topic.
Also includes a glossary of new healthcare terminology allowing readers to understand often confusing medical jargon and acronyms.

Presents the latest, cutting-edge information on:
Medicare's new prescription drug program
Providing coverage to employees under Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs),
Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs), and other health programs
New surgical rules you should be aware of before undergoing an operation
Purchasing prescription drugs from Canada and other foreign countries
Using the Internet for healthcare purchases
Learning to spot scams from fraudulent health organizations

Extremely useful for both individuals and organizations looking to purchase quality healthcare at affordable rates, Your Money and Your Health is the ideal healthcare reference book for home or office.

Library Journal

Braverman, who has a master's degree in public health, aimed to produce "a faithful portrait of consumer healthcare in the 21st century-its progress, its problems, its questions, and its answers." Written for lay readers and organizational human resources department staff, the result is invaluable owing to the large amount of ground covered, even if readers at first feel overwhelmed. The ten chapters, all with subsections, encompass how to select a physician and the significance of physician board certification sections, as well as Medicaid and Medicare program definitions, enrollment, and eligibility. Braverman's resources include lists of questions to ask a facility or healthcare provider, a reference list at the end of each chapter, a directory of healthcare web sites by chapter topic, a directory of health-related organizations, a glossary of terminology, and an index (not seen). Although this book has the potential to go out of date very quickly (e.g., the listing of dollar amounts, contact information for organizations, the details of government packages), the price is reasonable for purchase. Recommended for all consumer and public library collections.-Elizabeth J. Eastwood, Los Alamos, NM Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.