Forty-seven American health care professionals, consultants, attorneys, and academics contribute 33...
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Forty-seven American health care professionals, consultants, attorneys, and academics contribute 33 chapters on the key strategic, tactical, and operational aspects of managed health care. The text now combines in one book materials previously presented in two related books, The Managed Health Care Handbook, Fourth Ed. (2000) and The Essentials of Managed Health Care, Fourth Ed. (2001). All previous chapters have been updated and the chapter on Medicare/Medicaid laws and programs completely revised to reflect recent changes. The fifth edition features 13 new chapters on disease management, case management, pharmacy benefits management, behavioral health management, prevention, the use of data and analysis in care management, claims administration, sales and marketing, healthcare consumerism, the employer's view of managed health care, the military health system, managed care in a global context, and HIPAA. For students, practitioners, regulators, law professionals, and policy makers. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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