The U.S. Healthcare Ecosystem: Payers, Providers, Producers,9781264264476

The U.S. Healthcare Ecosystem: Payers, Providers, Producers

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9781264264476
ISBN10: 126426447X
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2021-04-12
Publisher(s): McGraw Hill / Medical
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Table of Contents

SECTION I - FOUNDATIONS OF THE ECOSYSTEM
CHAPTER 1: Introduction
CHAPTER 2: A Guide Through the Wilderness
CHAPTER 3: What Is a Healthcare System?
CHAPTER 4: Population Health
CHAPTER 5: Goals of Healthcare
CHAPTER 6: The 800-Pound Gorilla: Rising Healthcare Costs
CHAPTER 7: Managing Quality: Another 800-Pound Gorilla?
 
SECTION II – PROVIDER SECTORS IN THE ECOSYSTEM
CHAPTER 8: Healthcare Providers
CHAPTER 9: The Medical Profession
CHAPTER 10: Primary Care: Physicians, Nurses, and Pharmacists
CHAPTER 11: Hospitals
CHAPTER 12: Hospital Diversification, Restructuring, and Integration
CHAPTER 13: Organized Ambulatory Care
CHAPTER 14: Post-Acute Care
 
SECTION III – PAYER SECTORS IN THE ECOSYSTEM
CHAPTER 15: Employer-Based Health Insurance
CHAPTER 16: Contracting for Prescription Drug Benefits: Role of Employers, Insurers, and Pharmacy Benefit Managers
CHAPTER 17: Private Health Insurance and Managed Care Organizations
CHAPTER 18: Medicare
CHAPTER 19: Medicaid and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
 
SECTION IV - TECHNOLOGY SECTORS IN THE ECOSYSTEM
CHAPTER 20: The Healthcare Technology Sectors
CHAPTER 21: The Pharmaceutical Sector
CHAPTER 22: The Biotechnology Sector
CHAPTER 23: The MedTech Sector
CHAPTER 24: Healthcare Information Technology
 
SECTION V – THE PUBLIC SECTOR OF THE ECOSYSTEM
CHAPTER 25: The Federal Bureaucracy, the US Congress, and Healthcare Policy
CHAPTER 26: The Public Health System


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