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Breaking Free of Managed Care: A Step-By-Step Guide to Regaining Control of Your Practice Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Ackley, Dana C. (Author)

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 ISBN: 157230524X     ISBN-13: 9781572305243
Publisher: Guilford Publications
OUR PRICE: $37.05  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 1999
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Annotation: Designed for today's frontline therapists and mental health care providers, The Clinician's Toolbox brings you easy-to-use books, manuals, and computer programs that offer immediate benefits in your day-to-day work. Ideal for all clinical orientations and practice settings, these hands-on resources can make your work more effective, efficient, and responsive to current real-world demands: managed care, evolving ethical concerns, limited resources, expanding technology, diversity, and more.

Providing therapists practical solutions to managed care's erosion of their freedom to practice, this book presents a working blueprint for a private-pay psychotherapy practice. Dana C. Ackley casts out the distortions that have crept into many clinicians' thinking as a result of reliance on third-party reimbursement. Ackley shows how therapists can better serve clients by developing real alternatives to the pressures and bureaucracy of managed care. Includes practical exercises and checklists, sample marketing materials, and payment plans.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Psychotherapy - General
- Psychology | Practice Management
- Psychology | Clinical Psychology
Dewey: 616.891
Series: Clinician's Toolbox
Physical Information: 1.06" H x 5.97" W x 8.93" L (1.10 lbs) 317 pages
 
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Providing therapists practical solutions to managed care's erosion of their freedom to practice, this book presents a working blueprint for a private-pay psychotherapy practice. Dana C. Ackley casts out the distortions that have crept into many clinicians' thinking as a result of reliance on third-party reimbursement. Based on his own experience, he shows how you can serve clients--and yourself--better by developing real alternatives to the pressures and bureaucracy of managed care. In clear step-by-step detail, including practical exercises and checklists, sample marketing materials, and payment plans, the volume shows you how to:
*Rediscover the economic and clinical value of your work
*Discard assumptions that might block your progress
*Educate yourself about the needs of potential clients
*Market and sell your services effectively
*Learn ethical, reasonable business-of-practice skills
*Diversify into the rewarding area of psychological consultation to businesses.
No matter what your clinical style, theoretical orientation, or practice history, you will benefit from the hard-won lessons Dr. Ackley shares in this book.
 
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