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To keep up with the ever-changing field of health care, we must learn new and re-learn old terminology in order to correctly apply it to practice. By bringing together the most up-to-date abbreviations, acronyms, definitions, and terms in the health care industry, the Dictionary offers a wealth of essential information that will help you understand the ever-changing policies and practices in health insurance and managed care today.
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About the Author
Dr. David Edward Marcinko, MBA, CFP, CMP, is a health care economist, lexicographer, and board certified surgical fellow at Temple University. In the past, he has edited four practice-management textbooks, three medical texts in two languages, and six financial planning books, and two CD-ROMs for physicians, hospitals, financial advisors, accountants, attorneys, and health care business consultants. Internationally recognized for his work, he provides litigation support and expert witness testimony in State and Federal Court, with clinical publications archived in the Library of Congress and the Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Marcinko also has numerous editorial and reviewing roles to his credit. His most recent offerings from Springer Publishing Company are Dictionary of Health Economics and Finance (2006) and the forthcoming Dictionary of Health Information Technology and Security (early 2007), both co-edited with Hope Hedico. He has also edited the classic The Business of Medical Practice: Advanced Profit Maximization Techniques for Savvy Doctors, now in its second edition (Springer Publishing Company, 2004). A favorite on the lectuer circuit and often quoted in the media, he speaks frequently to medical and financial societies throughout the country.
Hope Rachel Hedico, RN, MSHA, CPHQ, CMP, received her nursing degree from Valparaiso University, and Master's of Science Degree in Healthcare Administration (MSHA) from the University of St. Francis in Joliette, Illinois. She is author or editor of a dozen major textbooks and a nationally-known expert in managed medical care, medical reimbursement, case management, health insurance, security and risk management, utilization review, HIPPAA, NACQA, HEDIS, and JCAHO rules and regulations.
Initially a devotee of pedagogy, Ms. Hetico became an apostle of adult-learning using the andragogic principles of iMBA for corporate, professional, and practitioner audiences. She continually recruits and hosts a think tank of talented thought-leadership visionaries, essayists, and experts for the firm. With this documented history of identifying innovations in education and accelerating their adoption by the medical and financial services industries, she is frequently quoted in the health care business media and brings a decade of entrepreneurship and creative leadership skills to the iMBA National Network of independent advisors.
Prior to joining the iMBA as Chief Operating Officer, Ms. Hetico was a hospital executive, financial advisor, insurance agent, Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality, and distinguished visiting instructor of Healthcare Administration for the University of Phoenix, Graduate School of Business and Management. She was also national corporate Director for Medical Quality Improvement at Apria Heatlh Care, a public company in Costa Mesa.
Currently a Senior Linguistic Docent for iMBA, and devotee of econometric heutagogy and andragogy, Ms. Hetico is responsible for leading www.MedicalBusinessAdvisors.com to the top of the exploding adult educational marketplace, expanding the online and on-ground Certifed Medical Planner charter designation program, and continuing to nurture the company's rapidly growing list of financial services colleagues and medical and institutional clients (www.CertifiedMedicalPlanner.com).
Product Details
* Paperback: 372 pages
* Publisher: Springer Publishing Company; 1 edition (March 22, 2006)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0826149944
* ISBN-13: 978-0826149947
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