Yvonne Mart Fox: Practice Management Consultant

HOW TO MANAGE THE BUSINESS
CALLED PRIVATE PRACTICE:
What They Didn't Teach You in Medical School
By Yvonne Mart Fox

1994, Yvonne Mart Fox Publications
Revised edition, 2008
378 pages
ISBN: 0-964-37030-1

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section I	TIME AND STAFF MANAGEMENT
Chapter 1	Your Role as the Manager of Your Practice
Chapter 2	How to Be an Effective Employer
Chapter 3	How to Conduct Your Staff Meetings
Chapter 4	Patient Flow and Scheduling
Chapter 5	Making Appointments More Efficient
Chapter 6	Ordering Supplies and Controlling Inventory
Chapter 7	Forms Needed in a Private Practice

Section II	PERSONNEL
Chapter 8	How to Hire an Efficient Staff
Chapter 9	How to be Lean and Not Mean
Chapter 10	The Importance and Function of Job Descriptions
Chapter 11	How to Fire an Employee

Section III	FINANCIAL
Chapter 12	Basic Principles of Bookkeeping
Chapter 13	The Computer as a Practice Management Tool
Chapter 14	How to Keep Your Finger on the Financial Pulse of Your Practice
Chapter 15	How to Prevent Embezzlement
Chapter 16	Eight Steps to Effective Collections

SECTION IV	CONFIDENTIALITY
Chapter 17	The Importance of Confidentiality in a Private Practice Setting
Chapter 18	How to Establish and Keep Medical Records
Chapter 19	Efficient Filing Systems
Chapter 20	Preventing Frivolous Malpractice Claims

SECTION V	MANAGED CARE
Chapter 21	How to Evaluate a Managed Care Contract
Chapter 22	How to Keep Both Private and Managed Care Patients

SECTION VI	PRACTICE PROMOTION
Chapter 23	How to Cement the Physician Patient Relationship
Chapter 24	Promoting Your Practice Ethically and Successfully
Chapter 25	How Your Family Can Promote Your Practice
Chapter 26	Basic Guidelines for Promotional Materials

SECTION VII	BASIC DECISIONS
Chapter 27	Telephone System
Chapter 28	Should You Have a Lab in Your Office?
Chapter 29	How to Share Office Space
Chapter 30	Reasons for Taking in a Partner or Associate
Chapter 31	Your Spouse as Your Office Manager: Caveats and Guidelines
Chapter 32	Recommended Reference Books
Chapter 33	Normal Business Cycles

Index

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Yvonne Mart Fox
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT
Established August 1978 in Beverly Hills

Post Office Box 3282
Quartz Hill, California 93586
(661) 718-0964.....Fax: (661) 718-0956
E-mail: Yvonne@YvonneMartFox.com