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SURVIVAL STRATEGIES FOR NURSES IN MANAGED CARE
Survival Strategies for Nurses in Managed Care
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By
Toni Cesta, PhD, RN, FAAN, Director of Case Management, Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers of New York, Manhattan Region; Principal, Case Manager Solutions, LLC, Tucson, AZ

Description
This book helps nurse managers define their role in the managed care system, learn strategies in financial management and focus on preventative care, while working on re-engineering patient care delivery systems, utilization, and outcomes management. It addresses topics from defining managed care andexplaining how a company works, to addressing ethical and legal issues that arise in the managed care system.

Contents
INTRODUCTION TO MANAGED CARE · Nurses' Voice and Presence in Today's Managed Healthcare Environment · Historical Perspectives on Managed Care · The Business of Managed Care: How a Managed Care Company Works · Managed Care Fundamentals · THE BUSINESS OF MANAGED CARE · Operationalizing Managed Care · Wall Street and Healthcare: Understanding our New Partner · Managed Care: What's Next · NURSING PERSPECTIVES · The Impact of Managed Care on the Staff Nurse · Nurse Practitioners and Managed Care · The Role of the Chief Nurse Executive in Managed Care · Person and Community: Coauthors of Health and Care · RN/Physician Partnerships: Essential to Care Management: Fact or Fantasy? · Integrating Concepts of Managed Care and Nursing Case Management into Academic Curriculum · LEGAL/ETHICAL ISSUES · Legal Issues of Managed Care · Managed Care and the Nurse - Legal Issues · Ethics, Integrity, and Managed Care · Ethics in a Managed Care Environment · STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS IN A MANAGED CARE ENVIRONMENT · A Systems Approach to Hospital-Based Nurse Case Management · Community-Based Health Programs in a Managed Care Environment · Quality Management in Managed Care · Strategies for Accessing and Analyzing Meaningful Information · Utilization Management · Outcomes Management in a Managed Care Environment · Disease Management in Managed Care · Workers' Compensation Managed Care

Bibliographic details
Paperback, 448 pages, publication date: APR-2002
ISBN-13: 978-0-323-01397-0
ISBN-10: 0-323-01397-X
Imprint: MOSBY


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