Risk Management Handbook for Health Care Organizations, Business Risk: Legal, Regulatory, and Technology Issues (Volume 3)

The American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) announces the 6th edition of its authoritative reference text on healthcare risk management.

The Risk Management Handbook for Healthcare Organizations, Volume 3, Business Risks offers the most respected guidance for today's healthcare risk management professional.

The sixth edition is the latest edition of the Handbook which has become the standard in healthcare risk management. The three-volume set covers the enterprise-wide continuum of care and associated risk and has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect recent changes in the healthcare environment. The Risk Management Handbook for Healthcare Organizations offers current information, regulatory and legal updates, and assessment tools that will prove invaluable to both new and seasoned risk managers.

Volume 3 focuses on business-related risks, providing information in nineteen chapters on statutes, standards, and regulations, accreditation, licensure, certification, and surveying bodies, liabilities and claims and litigation, corporate compliance, mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, costs and financing of risk, workers' compensation, managed care, occupational and environmental risk exposures for healthcare facilities, telemedicine, HIPAA, Medicare RAC and other audit exposures, medical tourism, and absence and productivity management.

The American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) is a personal membership group of the American Hospital Association with more than 5,300 members representing clinical, insurance, law, and other related professions. ASHRM promotes effective and innovative risk management strategies and professional leadership through education, recognition, advocacy, publications, networking, and interactions with leading healthcare organizations and government agencies. ASHRM initiatives focus on developing and implementing safe and effective patient care practices, the preservation of financial resources, and the maintenance of safe working environments.