{"product_id":"handbook-of-concierge-medical-practice-design-paperback","title":"Handbook of Concierge Medical Practice Design - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaria K. Todd\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn concierge medicine, physicians develop amenities-rich membership programs and collect a monthly or annual membership fee to pay for the amenities in addition to the medical services rendered. \u003cb\u003eHandbook of Concierge Medical Practice Design \u003c\/b\u003eexamines the many considerations physicians must make prior to transitioning their practices into concierge services. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaria K. Todd, a recognized expert in concierge medicine, branding, consulting, healthcare, marketing, medical tourism, planning, and physician practice administration, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eexplains how to set up a concierge practice. She describes how this new business model affects workflow and outlines financial considerations--including managed care payer relations, the hybrid practice, and predictive modeling--to uncover the hidden factors that affect bottom-line performance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book supplies readers with models for creating a business plan and a strategy for transforming a practice into a concierge practice. It concludes by covering the legal aspects of creating a concierge practice. It includes patient acquisition and retention strategies as well as detailed plans for adding additional doctors and physician extenders, such as nurse practitioners and physician assistants. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book provides sample employment contracts and advice on how to select and work with consultants. It includes chapters on business process re-engineering, workflow management, financial considerations, competitive analysis, developing a business plan, and how to market the new practice. \u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaria Todd\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning and internationally respected healthcare business consultant. She frequently presents continuing education workshops, seminars, and keynote addresses for international, national, state, and regional healthcare organizations, investment firms, pharmaceutical and device manufacturers, and medical staff meetings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe has been consulting and managing medical groups in healthcare since shortly after graduation. She's intimately familiar with the brand-building power of a successful marketing strategy and leading-edge innovation in healthcare. She built her first concierge medical practices and amenities-based practices internationally in the 1990s. They simply weren't called \u003ci\u003econcierge \u003c\/i\u003ethen; they were called private practices because the alternative was the public health, single-payer system. Maria often says, \"If you wait long enough, you see things rotate back through again. I see cycles and recycles in healthcare (like independent practice associations [IPAs], and accountable care organizations [ACOs], for example). We'll continue to see it until someone breaks the mold. \u003ci\u003eGrab a hammer!\u003c\/i\u003e\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaria is the author of several commercially published, peer-reviewed books on myriad topics in healthcare business management, including the industry's top books on managed care, physician employment contracting, physician integration and alignment, medical tourism, and this latest title on concierge medicine. Her work is easily found on the Internet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaria strives to be accessible to individual practitioners. She maintains a popular website that attracts more than 1,000 visitors a day and provides training through her website and private workshops and webinars. She blogs regularly at http: \/\/mercuryadvisorygroup.com, contributes actively on LinkedIn, and works one-on-one with clinicians across the country and throughout the world. Through her consulting firm, Mercury Advisory Group, she has been instrumental in building concierge medical practices, clinics, and hospitals throughout the United States and abroad. She also works on healthcare projects in the developing world, primarily in Asia and Africa. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer clients benefit from dozens of checklists, templates, and worksheets that can bring order out of the chaos that accompanies most concierge medicine transition and marketing\/promotion projects.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 212\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 10 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 10, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49713404805370,"sku":"9781466568181","price":126.86,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/9634\/8410\/files\/wuURUoC_yY9781466568181.webp?v=1784282178","url":"https:\/\/senangin.com\/products\/handbook-of-concierge-medical-practice-design-paperback","provider":"Senangin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}