In this new book, Max Reiboldt, CPA, and his team at Coker Group, equip physicians, physician leaders, health system administrators and private investors with an abundance of knowledge and effective strategies for making sound decisions based on the current and future environment of healthcare practice and delivery. Reiboldt and team presents those myriad possibilities in an organized and easy-to-digest format that explores the "what" and "how-to" applications of each option, and by providing an historical review of various physician affiliation transactions over the past 20 years, including: <ul> <li>Physician to physician.</li> <li>Private group to private group.</li> <li>Private group to hospital-health systems.</li> <li>Private group to private equity/outside investors, and more.</li> </ul> Using history as a basis, Reiboldt and his team of experts explain how the past has shaped the current state of affiliation models and associated transactions. As a user-friendly resource for those weighing their affiliation options, Reiboldt also explains professional services agreements, joint equity opportunities, private equity transactions, clinical co-management alignment, clinically integrated networks and value-based reimbursement structures, legal and regulatory compliance considerations, capital procurement options, the role of IT, and the mechanics of putting together and closing the deal. As president and CEO of Coker Group, Max Reiboldt, CPA, and his capable team have first-hand experience in the ongoing changes of healthcare providers, which uniquely equips them to handle strategic, tactical, financial and management issues that health systems and physicians face in today's evolving marketplace. TABLE OF CONTENTS <ul> <li>Chapter 1: Overview of Physician Affiliation Options--50 Years of History</li> <li>Chapter 2: Evolution of Economics of Physician Affiliation Models</li> <li>Chapter 3: Reasons for Affiliation</li> <li>Chapter 4: Summary of Current Models</li> <li>Chapter 5: Physician Employment</li> <li>Chapter 6: Professional Services Agreements</li> <li>Chapter 7: Joint Equity Ventures</li> <li>Chapter 8: Private Equity Model for Hospital/Physician Transactions</li> <li>Chapter 9: Private Equity-Like Transactions</li> <li>Chapter 10: Clinical Co-Management</li> <li>Chapter 11: Limited Affiliation Structures</li> <li>Chapter 12: Clinically Integrated Networks and Value-based Reimbursement Affiliation Models</li> <li>Chapter 13: Group Mergers</li> <li>Chapter 14: Information Technology Due Diligence in Mergers</li> <li>Chapter 15: Legal and Regulatory Considerations</li> <li>Chapter 16: Options for Capital Procurement</li> <li>Chapter 17: Transaction Mechanics and Key Steps of the Deal Process</li> <li>Chapter 18: What Lies Ahead?</li> </ul>

Affiliation Options for Physicians: Current and Future Strategies (English, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Russian, Ukrainian, Chinese, ... Gujarati, Bengali and Korean Edition)

Business & Money

Max Reiboldt

Industries

American Association for Physician Leadership

Greenbranch Publishing announces the Second Edition of RVUs at Work: Relative Value Units in the Medical Practice, by Coker Group s Max Reiboldt and Justin Chamblee that gives medical practices breakthrough control over costs, compensation, productivity, managed- care contract negotiations in light of new accountable care scenarios.
The same Relative Value Unit (RVU) approach that Medicare uses to standardize reimbursement can become a powerful management tool for today s medical practices, according to the revision of this bestselling book.
The book gives physicians and medical practice administrators practical how-to help on using RVUs for everything from benchmarking costs and expenses to improving productivity, fair physician compensation, and negotiating more favorable Medicare and other payer contracts. 
Complete with updated chapters and management tools, RVUs at Work reviews the key points of the usage of RVUs in the Accountable Care era. Analyses of RVUs in both a fee for volume and oncoming fee- for- value reimbursement setting complete the revision of this classic book. Specific recommendations on physician productivity are covered, including quality outcomes and allowable reimbursement. The new and expanded 2nd Edition has new chapters including the comprehensive, Legal Aspects of RVUs. 
This book provides the latest information on RVUs and applies working knowledge to executives who are tasked with measuring various areas of productivity in the medical practice within the current healthcare landscape. Specific recommendations around physician productivity in the context of RVUs and the accountable care era are covered, including quality outcomes and allowable reimbursement.
Noteworthy Features for the 2nd Edition 
Clear and easy to read -- written in layperson s terms so practice administrators and physicians can immediately begin to implement an RVU approach.
New chapter on Legal Aspects of using RVUs for compensation Real world scenarios for private practice, and hospital-employed physician settings.
Your 2014 and beyond blueprint -- how best to apply and use RVUs in the management and evaluation of provider performance.
Practical -- includes examples of how different real-world medical practices are using RVUs to cut costs, enhance efficiency, boost profitability, and assure quality of care.
Huge upside potential -- by applying the RVU approach, practice managers gain a consistent and impartial way to align how money is spent and how staff and providers use their time with the maximum benefits for both patients and the practice.
 Table of Contents Chapter 1 History and Background of RVUs Chapter 2 CMS and RVU Considerations Chapter 3 The Effect of RVUs on Physician/Hospital Alignment Chapter 4 RVUs and Compensation Chapter 5 RVU Compensation Legal Aspects Chapter 6 RVUs and Productivity Chapter 7 Utilizing RVUs in Practice Management Chapter 8 RVUs and ACOs/CINs Chapter 9 Increasing Productivity via wRVU Measurements Chapter 10 The Future of RVUs Chapter 11 Conclusions and Summary 
The book has an updated review of the key points of RVUs usage and relevance in an accountable care era. . With that in mind, as healthcare is still in mostly a fee for volume reimbursement paradigm, the authors have updated the discussion of RVUs as it relates to more traditional usage in compensation plans and overall evaluation of provider performance.
This Second edition demonstrates how RVUs can provide supporting data for physician reimbursement, managing the practice effectively, and communicating with physicians to achieve improved performance in the accountable care era.

RVUs at Work: Relative Value Units in the Medical Practice, 2nd Edition

Medical Books

Justin Chamblee

MAcc

Administration & Medicine Economics

Greenbranch Publishing

With pressures mounting to succeed in physician alignment projects, there is confusion about alignment alternatives, expense of investment involved, and understanding of accountable care era payment systems. However, Physician Alignment, a new book by the experts at Coker Group, will help you evaluate and assess options, identify critical success factors in thriving alignment models, and help you with strategies for improving an existing relationship, salvaging a struggling relationship, or terminating a failing relationship. This book is designed for physicians, hospital administrators, practice administrators and office managers, and healthcare consultants. With Physician Alignment: Ensuring Success with Negotiations, Payment Systems, and Education of Stakeholders, you'll gain a level of comfort with strategies and negotiations as you work on your physician alignment projects. The book is the result on hands-on experience from working with clients and understanding of impact of latest changes in accountable care era payment systems. Physician Alignment provides the following: Explains the different alignment options, with emphasis on full alignment models. Assesses the current state of payment systems and explores how to prepare for future changes and challenges Presents the benefits and challenges of alignment. Identifies critical success factors in thriving alignment models. Develops strategies for creating a new alignment relationship or improving established alignment structures. Educates key stakeholders on how engage in the process from concept to implementation and beyond. TABLE OF CONTENTS The Healthcare Industry Today: Changes and Challenges. Options for Contemporary Alignment. Alignment Risks and Rewards. Resolving Common Alignment Challenges. Compensation Models in the Accountable Care Era. Financial Implications in Alignment Benefits and Concerns. Contemporary Alignment Structures Case Studies. Prioritizing for the Future.

Physician Alignment: Ensuring Success with Negotiations, Payment Systems, and Education of Stakeholders

The Healthcare Executive's Guide to ACO Strategy is the first comprehensive book dissecting the integral components of ACOs from physician, provider, and payer views, including analysis of the CMS final regulations. In the wake of healthcare reform, ACOs continue to emerge as the care delivery and reimbursement model of the future. Get the book that provides specifics on incorporating accountable care structure and strategy into your organization so you can enter the ACO era prepared and positioned to succeed. Get expert advice on ACOs and the elements for success, including how to: Participate in the CMS Shared Savings program Distinguish the various characteristics of an ACO and its operations Understand how ACO reimbursement structure will work Evaluate the process of forming an ACO-including the legal, financial, IT, and governance requirements Fulfill important quality measures for an ACO Reshape and refine hospital-physician alignment strategies

Hospital Executives' Guide to ACO Strategy

HCPRO

HealthLeaders Media

The Coker Group

Inc.

RVUs at Work: Relative Value Units in a Changing Reimbursement World, 3rd Edition is a practical print (and eBook) by Coker Group's Max Reiboldt and Justin Chamblee that gives medical practices roadmap for the transition from fee-for-service to fee-for-value-based payment systems.
The reimbursement models are in transition causing confusion and uncertainty in the healthcare community. (MACRA and MIPS) By using RVUs in the correct manner, there is confidence that the provider gets paid for all the services he or she is rendering.
This book provides the latest information on RVUs and applies working knowledge to executives who are tasked with measuring various areas of productivity in the medical practice within the current healthcare landscape. Specific recommendations around physician productivity in the context of RVUs and the accountable care era are covered, including quality outcomes and allowable reimbursement.
Noteworthy Features for the 3rd Edition: <ol>
<li>Expands the content well beyond just "RVUs" to consider other key considerations in the healthcare environment.</li> <li>Takes into consideration hot topics in the current market, such as MACRA and MIPS.</li> <li>Specific content is included that is focused on the current value-based environment.</li> <li>Updates RVU-based content to current market practices. Given that the last version was published four years ago, that is like four decades in the healthcare realm.</li> <li>Includes a specific chapter focused on technology. Securing the right technology to attain necessary data to provide to the right people at the right time.</li> <li>Includes a specific chapter on the care coordination process.</li> <li>Specifically considers practice management in the current healthcare environment, balancing fee-for-service and fee-for-value.</li> <li>Practical--includes examples of how different real-world medical practices are using RVUs to cut costs, enhance efficiency, boost profitability, and assure quality of care.</li> </ol>
Although RVUs (Relative Value Units) were created as a payment methodology for Medicare, they have evolved into a valuable practice management tool used to track provider productivity, measure and define costs, negotiate managed care contracts, compensate physicians and benchmark key indicators. If you aren't tracking them and using them to their full value in medical practice management, you're missing a key piece of your practice's success The transition from fee-for-service to fee-for-value-based payment system is extremely concerning to healthcare providers. This book unwraps the critical issues and presents solutions for handling these challenges. Read this book and you'll have a feeling of competency in this confusing reimbursement system. This book is directed to the following: Physicians, Practice Administrators and Office Managers, Hospital Network Administrators, Consultants, Revenue Cycle Managers, Healthcare Attorneys.

Rvus at Work: Relative Value Units in a Changing Reimbursement World, 3rd Edition

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