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Embark on a journey into the intricate world of medical billing and coding with "Medical Billing Essentials: A Beginner's Guide." This comprehensive book provides a step-by-step approach to mastering the fundamentals of healthcare finance, catering to beginners and seasoned professionals alike. Whether you're a student taking your first steps into the healthcare industry or a seasoned healthcare professional looking to broaden your skill set, this guide offers a solid foundation in medical billing and coding principles.

An inside look at how the governments of Iran, Russia, India, Egypt, Brazil, India and the US used COVID as a pretense to undermine freedom The Infodemic lays bare the mechanisms of modern censorship and shows how they were used to undermine the response to the greatest global pandemic in a...

A groundbreaking, “timely and well-written” (Booklist, starred review) guide to addiction from a psychiatrist and public health doctor, offering practical, proven solutions for individuals, families, and communities dealing with substance use and abuse. Written with warmth, accessibility...

A visionary investigation that will change the way we think about health care: how and why it is failing, why expanding coverage will actually make things worse, and how our health care can be transformed into a transparent, affordable, successful system. In 2007, David Goldhill’s father died...

The U.S. healthcare system is in critical condition--but this should come as a surprise to no one. Yet until now the solutions proposed have been unworkable, pie-in-the-sky plans that have had little chance of becoming law and even less of succeeding. In Code Red, David Dranove, one of the nation's leading experts on the economics of healthcare, proposes a set of feasible solutions that address access, efficiency, and quality.

At a time when healthcare and medical insurance are more important than ever comes this authoritative, unbiased new volume in the acclaimed Get What’s Yours series. Healthcare expert Philip Moeller has written a reliable, concise guide to healthcare and health insurance basics. He provides...

Growing up in a New Jersey factory town in the 1980s, Daisy Hernández believed that her aunt had become deathly ill from eating an apple. No one in her family, in either the United States or Colombia, spoke of infectious diseases, and even into her 30s, she only knew that her aunt had died of a rare illness called Chagas. But as Hernández dug deeper, she discovered that Chagas - or the kissing bug disease - is more prevalent in the United States than the Zika virus. 

As a leader, is it possible to be both successful and humble? Studies show that today's emerging leaders not only prioritize achievement over humility but also see the two as mutually exclusive. Does this signal an existential crisis for healthcare - an industry that, at its essence, is supposed to embody humility and compassion? Thankfully, no, according to Intangibles: The Unexpected Traits of High-Performing Healthcare Leaders, which demonstrates that you can embrace humility and still be excellent at your job.

AN AMAZON BESTSELLER IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS & ADMINISTRATION AN INGRAMSPARK BESTSELLER IN HEALTH POLICY Why do some ideas transform entire systems while others never spread? We celebrate startups for changing the world. We rarely ask how innovation happens inside government. Yet some of America's...

One in four Americans suffer from mental illness, yet 75% receive no treatment at all - discover why our healthcare system is failing millions and learn how we can fix it. In this groundbreaking examination of America's mental health crisis, internationally recognized physician Dr. Robert C...

Mysterium Frauenkörper: Warum das Gender in der Medizin mehr Beachtung verdient In der Medizin gibt es bis heute nur einen Standardmenschen: der Mann. Frauen spielen oft nur eine untergeordnete Rolle. Auch wenn der Mythos der typisch weiblichen Hysterie widerlegt wurde, schwingt er doch...

Don't just listen to a book. Absorb a system. You're standing at the CCM exam room door with years of coordinating discharges, juggling authorizations, and managing complex cases —and no idea what will actually show up. Sound familiar? Most CCM prep resources hand you a content outline and wish you luck. This audiobook delivers a complete, neuroscience-backed three-part learning system that tells you exactly what to study, how to study it, and how to prove you're ready.

Don't buy a book. Buy a system. Most CHC prep hands you a content outline and wishes you luck. This one gives you a complete, neuroscience-backed 3-part learning system that tells you exactly what to study, how to study it, and how to prove you're ready.

Don't buy a book. Buy a system. Most SOCRA CCRP prep hands you a content outline and wishes you luck. This one gives you a complete, neuroscience-backed 3-part learning system that tells you exactly what to study, how to study it, and how to prove you're ready.

When a medical crisis happens, the hardest questions often aren’t medical. They’re human. Who should make the decisions when a patient cannot speak for themselves? How much treatment is too much? What happens when doctors, patients, and families disagree? Who has the authority to decide—and how can you make sure your own wishes are heard? In Ask Why? Medical Ethics 101, psychiatrist David A. Kent, M.D. brings more than thirty-five years of clinical experience to the difficult ethical decisions that patients and families may face in hospitals, doctors’ offices, and moments of crisis.

La medicina, el antiguo y noble arte de curar cuyos poderes la ciencia moderna parece haber ampliado más allá de todo límite, se ha convertido en el siglo XXI en un enorme negocio con incalculables márgenes de beneficio, cuyos riesgos corren a cuenta, casi por entero, de quienes necesitan su atención: los pacientes.

In The Great Healthcare Disruption, Dr. Marschall Runge—cardiologist, researcher, and CEO of Michigan Medicine—offers a gripping, insider’s look at the forces rapidly reshaping American healthcare. From artificial intelligence and retail medicine to revolutionary gene therapies and next-generation obesity drugs, this is your essential guide to the most significant transformation in medical care since the discovery of antibiotics.

Discover how artificial intelligence is transforming the future of patient care, diagnostics, and clinical decision-making. Are you a healthcare professional, entrepreneur, or policy leader trying to keep up with the AI revolution? This groundbreaking audiobook is your essential guide to understanding how AI is disrupting the healthcare industry, reshaping everything from early disease detection to hospital workflows, drug discovery, and personalized medicine.

Gripping medical nonfiction meets courtroom drama when fatal hospital errors shatter lives and demand legal justice. Perfect for an engaging commute, this tense narrative pulls you directly into the high-stakes hospital corridors where human fallibility collides with complex systems. You will...

Master artificial intelligence in healthcare by separating dangerous tech hype from practical clinical workflows. Perfect for professional development during your morning commute, this grounded audio experience empowers medical leaders and IT professionals to make confident, data-driven...