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Description for Med Inc.
Hardcover. Challenging assumptions held by investors and patient-care advocates, this work explains the financial underpinning of today's investor-owned systems. It provides an objective overview of major investment-owned health companies, and compares them with non-investor owned health care companies. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KFFM; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
Behind the media headlines that chronicle the successes--as well asthe charges of fraud, abuse, and ethical misconduct--of today'scorporate medical giants lies the story of the Wall Street playerswho are determining the structure of our future health systems.Independent hospitals and clinics, small medical technologycompanies, solo practitioners, and consumers alike acknowledge thatthe big business
principles driving the frenzy of mergers and acquisitions arebringing the long-awaited rewards of accountability andpredictability to the fragmented healthcare industry. But at whatcost?
Sandy Lutz, a renowned medical business reporter and investmentanalyst, and Big Six accounting firm partners Woodrin Grossman andJohn Bigalke provide their ... Read more
Behind the media headlines that chronicle the successes--as well asthe charges of fraud, abuse, and ethical misconduct--of today'scorporate medical giants lies the story of the Wall Street playerswho are determining the structure of our future health systems.Independent hospitals and clinics, small medical technologycompanies, solo practitioners, and consumers alike acknowledge thatthe big business
principles driving the frenzy of mergers and acquisitions arebringing the long-awaited rewards of accountability andpredictability to the fragmented healthcare industry. But at whatcost?
Sandy Lutz, a renowned medical business reporter and investmentanalyst, and Big Six accounting firm partners Woodrin Grossman andJohn Bigalke provide their ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780787940409
SKU
V9780787940409
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Stephen Lutz
SANDY LUTZ a medical business writer, author, speaker, and media commentator, is a healthcare analyst at Rauscher Pierce Refsnes, a Dallas-based investment bank. She has chronicled the business of health care for such respected national media as Modern Healthcare and WestCott Communications, the nation's largest healthcare satellite network, and in her first book, The For-Profit Healthcare Revolution (1995). JOHN BIGALKE, ... Read more
Reviews for Med Inc.
"This book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in learningmore about one of the major trends impacting the health caresystem." (Doody's Publishing Services) "Well written. Med Inc. leaves readers with a taste of what's tocome
and a warning that bigger is not always better."
and a warning that bigger is not always better."