The information in these pages will either excite you into beginning that house-call practice right away or scare you into keeping your day job. Either way, I'm glad you've chosen to learn about my happiness with beginning a house-call practice and to learn from my struggles to maintain a business in the nation's current health-care state. Are you looking for a step-by-step guide on how to start a house-call practice? Are you looking for a few examples from an expert in the fi eld of house calls to help guide your decision making? If you've answered yes to these questions, this is the book for you. Making medical house calls is an extremely rewarding and profi table niche practice that can be started with little or no overhead. If you already love or think you will love going into the home setting to provide primary care when health care is often scarce or unavailable, this is the fi eld for you. This book is written with nuances and scenarios of a house-call practice for an advanced practice nurse, but if you are a physician assistant, physician, or any other practitioner looking to begin a housecall practice, there is plenty of information here for you too!

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If you're serious about starting a house-call practice, then this book is for you and you need to pay attention.Medical Housecalls are back and they are more profitable than ever! People often prefer house calls to visiting clinics or offices because house calls feel personalized and tailored to the specific need of the patient, as opposed to office visits, where the patient is treated like... well, just another patient. It is also an highly lucrative niche that with low overhead costs and barrier to entry.In this Housecalls 101: Policy & Procedure Manual, Dr. Scharmaine Lawson, NP skips all the fluff and shows you how to set up your own successful house call practice. With examples and templates from her own successful house call practice, the guesswork is completely eliminated, leaving you free to do what you love... with confidence. Here's a snippet of what you're going to discover in this ultimate guide to house calls:¿How to handle patient complaints¿New employee orientation procedures¿How to properly carry out a patient satisfaction survey¿Healthcare provider and staff behavior¿Maintaining contact after admission to a long term care facility¿¿and more!You'll also be equipped with an arsenal of professional sample letters and template forms. All you have to do is fill in the gaps and you're in business!Informative and practical, this book is written to help you transition into the highly rewarding field of Primary Care Housecalls. Whether you're a nurse practitioner, physician, physician assistant or other health provider looking to begin a house call practice, there's something in these pages for you.

Teach your students how to do it. This practical, user-friendly, easy-to-read resource manual takes the mystery out of setting up a practice -- from planning through start up, to daily operation. It contains an array of practical topics and basic how to's, and includes forms for completing a self-assessment of personal skills, strengths and weaknesses, and understanding the basics of research. Appendices at the end of chapters include real examples of applications, resumes, CVs, protocols, charts, forms, consents, patient information sheets, and more

"Every NP should own a copy of this book!" - The Nurse Practitioner Journal Written by a nurse practitioner who is also a practicing attorney, Nurse Practitioner's Business Practice and Legal Guide, Second Edition provides the unique point of view of an author who knows what legal and business problems arise on a daily basis. The second edition to this best seller will teach you: --How to write an effective business plan using the most up-to-date information and planning strategies-How to avoid malpractice and other lawsuits-What rights an employed NP has-What to do if rejected for payment-How to effectively negotiate managed care contracts-How to get the highest marks on performance report cards-What must take place for NPs to become primary care providers-What decisions need to be made before starting a practice-How to handle patient flow-And more!Nurse practitioners and NP students who read this book will have a solid foundation of knowledge with which they may continue their practice confidently and effectively, whether it be in developing an employment relationship, undertaking a business venture, giving testimony before the state legislature, composing a letter to an insurance company about an unpaid bill, teaching at a school of nursing, or serving as president of a state or national organization.