Publisher's Synopsis
More than fifty risk managers, lawyers, and insurance professionals present the most authoritative techniques and practices of today′s health care risk managers.
Completely revised and updated, the third edition of this standard handbook includes entirely new chapters on managed care and risk financing that address the important issues of cost containment and the advancements in alternate risk financing arrangements. This comprehensive resource offers everything from the basics of program development to the more sophisticated concepts of enterprise risk management.
The book contains a wealth of current information, regulatory and legal updates, and assessment tools that will prove invaluable to both novice and veteran risk managers.
American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM), a personal membership group of the American Hospital Association, is the international association for more than three thousand leading professionals involved in risk management in all types and sizes of health care organizations.