Healthcare Stewardship is the first, authoritative healthcare management text applying the principles and practices of stewardship, a concept with religious roots dating back to biblical times, to the production and delivery of healthcare goods and services.

Practicing stewardship is really quite simple. Limited healthcare resources that are available for Americans must be used in a manner that is clinically, ethically, politically, environmentally and socially responsible. Unfortunately, simple in the United States is far from being easily achieved. Bureaucracies at the federal, state and local levels have resulted in creating the most complex healthcare delivery system in the world.

The vision behind writing a book on healthcare stewardship is to help Americans get back on track to being healthy, happy and functional human beings. Healthcare stewardship is a concept that needs to be taught at all levels along life's continuum from cradle to grave. A commitment to make all of us healthy and wise consumers of our precious healthcare resources is required in order to achieve a more fulfilling and functional life here on Earth.

Healthcare Stewardship is the first, authoritative healthcare management text applying the principles and practices of stewardship, a concept with religious roots dating back to biblical times, to the production and delivery of healthcare goods and services.

Practicing stewardship is really quite simple. Limited healthcare resources that are available for Americans must be used in a manner that is clinically, ethically, politically, environmentally and socially responsible. Unfortunately, simple in the United States is far from being easily achieved. Bureaucracies at the federal, state and local levels have resulted in creating the most complex healthcare delivery system in the world.

The vision behind writing a book on healthcare stewardship is to help Americans get back on track to being healthy, happy and functional human beings. Healthcare stewardship is a concept that needs to be taught at all levels along life's continuum from cradle to grave. A commitment to make all of us healthy and wise consumers of our precious healthcare resources is required in order to achieve a more fulfilling and functional life here on Earth.

Medicare and Medicaid pay for more medical care than any other source. To get paid, hospitals and medical professionals must submit to peer review for appropriate payment and detection of medical errors. Failure to follow the rules and guidelines from the Peer Review Organizations can result in citations and costly denials of payment for medical services already given by the medical care provider. Introduction To The Peer Review Organization gives an inside look at the peer review process and what professionals can do to make working with the review organizations easier and more profitable.

Rashi Fein, Professor of Economics of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and former senior staff member of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, warns that the American health care insurance system is in jeopardy and calls for its reform. In Medical Care, Medical Costs: The Search for a Health Insurance Policy, Fein argues that the quest for efficiency in the delivery of health care services must be joined with a concern for equity in their distribution and that we need policies informed by long-held values, traditions, and experiences in the shaping of medical care delivery.

This case is unique, representing the issuance of the largest fine ever given to a medical teaching institution within the United States for billing fraud.

For years, Swannee Rivers maintained hope of one day seeing justice served. In 2000 the FBI arrived, giving her that opportunity.

This case is unique, representing the issuance of the largest fine ever given to a medical teaching institution within the United States for billing fraud.

For years, Swannee Rivers maintained hope of one day seeing justice served. In 2000 the FBI arrived, giving her that opportunity.

Medicare and Medicaid pay for more medical care than any other source. To get paid, hospitals and medical professionals must submit to peer review for appropriate payment and detection of medical errors. Failure to follow the rules and guidelines from the Peer Review Organizations can result in citations and costly denials of payment for medical services already given by the medical care provider. Introduction To The Peer Review Organization gives an inside look at the peer review process and what professionals can do to make working with the review organizations easier and more profitable.