Download or read book The Family Practitioner's Survival Guide to the Business of Medicine written by Robert W. Katz and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 1998 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guidebook addresses the three major financial centers in every ph ysician's life--the medical practice, the pension plan, and personal f inances. Listing cases and examples, the author addresses these three interrelated financial centers in a two-phase process: how to conduct practice management review and then how to use this process to establi sh an ongoing system for successful total financial management. Plus, the second edition has new material on capitation, integrated delivery systems, mergers & acquisitions and practice valuation, pensions, and dealing with managed care companies.