Books & Publications
Books:
The Nurse Practitioner's Business Practice and Legal Guide. 3rd edition, 2008. Gaithersburg, MD: Jones & Bartlett Publishers.
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The Primary Care Provider's Guide to Compensation and Quality: How to get paid and not get sued. 2nd edition, 2005. Gaithersburg, MD: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
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Booklets:
Avoiding malpractice:
10 rules, 5 systems, 20 cases. Third edition, 2010. 79-page book. Published by Law Office of Carolyn Buppert. $45.
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Billing Physician Services Provided by Nurse Practitioners in Specialists' Offices, Hospitals, Nursing Facilities, Homes and Hospice:
Third edition 2010. 86-page book. Published by Law Office of Carolyn Buppert, $49.
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How to start a health care practice: For nurse practitioners (2008): 210 page book. Published by Law Office of Carolyn Buppert.$99
Provides information on the following:
- How to determine if you are ready to start your own practice
- How to do a business plan
- How to select a corporate form
- The ins and outs of reimbursement
- Checklist for starting a practice
- Licenses and numbers you must obtain
- Insurance issues
- Specific types of practices -- medical cosmetics, nursing homes, mental health
- How to deal with mandated physician collaboration
- Considerations for using medical assistants
- Hospital privileges: Do you need them?
- Documenting outcomes
- Opportunities in telehealth
- How to fire a patient
- Marketing your practice
- Attorneys: How do they analyze your legal questions?
- Starting a rural clinic
- Independent contracting
Special features include:
- Sample contract for physician collaborator
- Sample contract for independent contractor
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 Negotiating Employment:
Second edition, (2008) 63-page book, with self-assessment tools. Published by Law
Office of Carolyn Buppert. $45.
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Prescribing: Preventing Legal Pitfalls for NPs. (2006) 127 pages. Published by Law Office of Carolyn Buppert.
Provides detailed recommendations on how to avoid medication-related mishaps, including inappropriate prescribing of controlled substances. $49.
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Productivity Incentive Plans for Nurse Practitioners: How and Why (2006): 145 page book. Published by Law Office of Carolyn Buppert. $89
Book provides the answers to these questions:
- Why reward productivity?
- How are bonuses structured?
- What are the economies behind productivity plans?
- How can nurse practitioners increase profits for practices?
- What is the process for developing a productivity plan?
- How should the agreement be worded?
- What are the legal condsiderations specific to nurse practitioners?
- What are the business considerations specific to nurse practitioners?
- What emotional factors tend to affect practices considering productivity rewards?
- What are the advantages of using relative value units rather than collections to measure productivity?
- What do employers consider when negotiating salary with nurse practitioners?
Special features include:
Work sheets for nurse practitioners and employers who want to develop a plan.
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Training Modules:
Safe, smart billing
and coding: Evaluation and management. (2010) $125.
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The Gold Sheet:
The Gold Sheet is
published monthly from the Law Office of Carolyn Buppert. For a
subscription, send a check for $45 to Law Office of Carolyn Buppert,
7972 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20814.
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The Green Sheet
The Green Sheet is
published monthly from the Law Office of Carolyn Buppert. For a
subscription, send a check for $45 to Law Office of Carolyn Buppert,
7972 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, Maryland 20814.
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