Debt Management: A Practitioner's Guide
Author: Harvard Business School Press
Debt is a critical source of funds for corporate growth for many companies. In fact, virtually all companies use debt in one form or another. This book explains how companies use debt in one form or another. From start up to traditional blue-chip firm, debt can be a strategic financial instrument.
This practical book provides a comprehensive, prudent approach to issuing, managing, and retiring corporate debt obligations, and can be used by practitioners in every industry. Written by leading experts in the field and drawing from case studies of real companies, Debt Management walks financial professionals through the entire decision-making process-from designing debt issues to retiring debt through bond redemptions and bond repurchases, all to meet corporate financial objectives.
Unique in its presentation of the issuer's perspective-that is, it looks at debt from the company's viewpoint, and not just the buyer's or underwriter's-this work will be the industry reference on debt management and the corporate financier's desktop consultant for years to come. With insights into how factors such as bond valuation methodologies, derivatives, and tax and regulatory restrictions affect the process, the authors provide practitioners in both the U.S. and international debt markets with the information and tools needed to make smart debt management decisions.
With first-rate thinking in finance, while keeping the complex mathematics to a minimum, this volume will prove as handy as it is indispensable-the essential reference for successfully planning, implementing, and managing corporate debt with confidence.
"Debt Management should be on the bookshelf of all chief financial officers and corporate treasurers. Finnerty and Emery clearly explain how to design an optimal debt instrument to minimize funding costs and how to deal with the refunding decision after issuance."
-Frank J. Fabozzi, President, Frank J. Fabozzi Associates, and Adjunct Professor of Finance, School of Management, Yale University
"This book is an invaluable resource to corporate and municipal finance practitioners confronted by the many challenges of debt management. The thorough, scholarly treatment includes both the underpinnings of fixed income theory and real-life illustrations ranging from straightforward bond refundings to subtle tax-driven exchanges."
-Andrew Kalotay, Ph.D., Member, Fixed Income Analysts Society Hall of Fame
"Debt Management covers the subject exhaustively, from basic concepts to the most up-to-date techniques. Finnerty and Emery write with commendable clarity and a solid grounding in both the theory and the practice of finance. Treasurers and chief financial officers will serve their shareholders well by referring to this book regularly."
-Martin Fridson, Chief High Yield Strategist, Merrill Lynch & Co.
Author Biography: John D. Finnerty is a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York City and a Professor of Finance at Fordham University. Douglas R. Emery is the Finance Department Chair and Bank of America Scholar at the University of Miami (Florida).
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The Physical Therapist's Guide to Health Care
Author: Kathleen A Curtis
The Physical Therapist's Guide to Health Care is the simple, clear approach to understanding health care in today's changing environment. This book provides a strategy based approach to help physical therapists successfully manage change and meet the challenges of clinical practice in common practice settings.
This essential text includes an introduction to health care that covers the basics of health care financing, health care reimbursement systems, cost containment strategies and referral services. Important issues covered in this book include trends in acute, subacute, home health care practice, outcomes management and prevention.
Chapters include information on health care reimbursement systems and cost containment strategies, time and caseload management, documentation requirements, quality management in physical therapy, and the role of the physical therapist in prevention and wellness.
Check out our new website dedicated to The Physical Therapist's Guide to Health Care. This innovative new website presents valuable up-to-date information as it becomes available.
Dr. Kathleen A. Curtis is the winner of the “President’s Award of Excellence” for 2005 at California State University, Fresno
Cynthia N. Potter
This book addresses the evolving role of the physical therapist in the changing healthcare delivery system and how physical therapists can be best prepared to respond to those changes. The skills and trends that go beyond clinical decision making to insure that physical therapists continue to effectively deliver their services are addressed. The purpose is to provide the physical therapist with an orientation to changes in the role of physical therapy and to provide strategies for physical therapists to be proactive in the current healthcare environment. It is geared specifically for physical therapists and physical therapist assistant students. The book begins with a description of recent trends that have impacted the role of physical therapists such as integrated service delivery and decreased inpatient hospital stays. An introduction to healthcare financing, reimbursement, and cost containment strategies follow. The strongest chapters in the book address trends in specific settings, including acute care, sub-acute care, and home healthcare. These chapters would especially be helpful for a physical therapist who may be changing settings and needs to become familiar with terminology and practices in a new setting. The need for physical therapists to be efficient and provide efficacious treatment is addressed in several chapters on time management, caseload management, outcome measurement, and documentation requirements. The chapter on utilization management features some useful questions and answers about utilization review and utilization management along with strategies for the physical therapists affected by these processes. The quality management chapter has limitedinformation and lacks specific discussion about various current methods being used to assess quality. A chapter describing the expanding role of physical therapists in prevention and wellness concludes the book. Each chapter of the book concludes with a "Test Your Skills" exercise which helps the reader to synthesize information and encourages the reader to develop creative solutions to the problems presented. An extensive glossary and several appendixes are included. A list of approved physical therapy abbreviations, several APTA documents related to practice (Guidelines for Documentation, Standards of Practice, Code of Ethics, and the Policy Direction, Delegation, and Supervision in Physical Therapy Services), and a sample of a critical pathway can be found in the appendixes. Compared to other books available describing the delivery of healthcare services in the U.S., this book is unique in specifically addressing physical therapy services. It would be most useful for students in providing an overview and introduction to the many complex issues in today's clinical environment. It will be of limited use to an experienced, practicing clinician since few of the many topics covered are described in detail or include specific implications for practice. Those who are reentering practice or changing settings will find the book helpful in describing the current environment. Because of the rapid changes in healthcare, subsequent editions of this book will be required.
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Reviewer: Cynthia Potter, PT, DPT, PCS (Healthquest Community Service)
Description: This book addresses the evolving role of the physical therapist in the changing healthcare delivery system and how physical therapists can be best prepared to respond to those changes. The skills and trends that go beyond clinical decision making to insure that physical therapists continue to effectively deliver their services are addressed.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide the physical therapist with an orientation to changes in the role of physical therapy and to provide strategies for physical therapists to be proactive in the current healthcare environment.
Audience: It is geared specifically for physical therapists and physical therapist assistant students.
Features: The book begins with a description of recent trends that have impacted the role of physical therapists such as integrated service delivery and decreased inpatient hospital stays. An introduction to healthcare financing, reimbursement, and cost containment strategies follow. The strongest chapters in the book address trends in specific settings, including acute care, sub-acute care, and home healthcare. These chapters would especially be helpful for a physical therapist who may be changing settings and needs to become familiar with terminology and practices in a new setting. The need for physical therapists to be efficient and provide efficacious treatment is addressed in several chapters on time management, caseload management, outcome measurement, and documentation requirements. The chapter on utilization management features some useful questions and answers about utilization review and utilization management along with strategies for the physical therapists affected by these processes. The quality management chapter has limited information and lacks specific discussion about various current methods being used to assess quality. A chapter describing the expanding role of physical therapists in prevention and wellness concludes the book. Each chapter of the book concludes with a "Test Your Skills" exercise which helps the reader to synthesize information and encourages the reader to develop creative solutions to the problems presented. An extensive glossary and several appendixes are included. A list of approved physical therapy abbreviations, several APTA documents related to practice (Guidelines for Documentation, Standards of Practice, Code of Ethics, and the Policy Direction, Delegation, and Supervision in Physical Therapy Services), and a sample of a critical pathway can be found in the appendixes.
Assessment: Compared to other books available describing the delivery of healthcare services in the U.S., this book is unique in specifically addressing physical therapy services. It would be most useful for students in providing an overview and introduction to the many complex issues in today's clinical environment. It will be of limited use to an experienced, practicing clinician since few of the many topics covered are described in detail or include specific implications for practice. Those who are reentering practice or changing settings will find the book helpful in describing the current environment. Because of the rapid changes in healthcare, subsequent editions of this book will be required.
Rating
2 Stars from Doody
Table of Contents:
| Contributing Authors | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Preface | ||
| Ch. 1 | Managing Change | 1 |
| Ch. 2 | Basics of Health Care Financing and Reimbursement | 13 |
| Ch. 3 | Cost-Containment Strategies | 47 |
| Ch. 4 | Referral and Access to Physical Therapy Services | 67 |
| Ch. 5 | Trends & Strategies for Physical Therapy Practice in Acute Care | 83 |
| Ch. 6 | Trends & Strategies for Physical Therapy Practice in Sub-acute Care | 95 |
| Ch. 7 | Trends & Strategies for Physical Therapy Practice in Home Health Care | 109 |
| Ch. 8 | Time Management Techniques | 127 |
| Ch. 9 | Caseload Management and Delegation | 143 |
| Ch. 10 | Measuring Outcomes of Physical Therapy | 159 |
| Ch. 11 | Documentation Requirements | 187 |
| Ch. 12 | Utilization Management | 209 |
| Ch. 13 | Quality Management in Physical Therapy | 227 |
| Ch. 14 | The Role of Physical Therapy in Prevention and Wellness | 241 |
| Glossary | 257 | |
| App. 1 | Commonly Approved Physical Therapy Abbreviations | 273 |
| App. 2 | APTA Guidelines for Physical Therapy Documentation | 277 |
| App. 3 | APTA Standards of Practice | 281 |
| App. 4 | Guide for Professional Conduct for the APTA | 287 |
| App. 5 | Guide for Conduct of the Affiliate Member of the APTA | 291 |
| App. 6 | Direction, Delegation, and Supervision of Physical Therapy Services | 295 |
| App. 7 | Sample Critical (Clinical) Pathway | 299 |
| Index | 301 |
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