The Medicare Playbook

If everything you've heard about Medicare has confused you, you're not alone. With thousands of Americans turning 65 every day, chances are you or someone you know is baffled by the health coverage options available to them. This book is a quick and easy-to-read guide that anyone can use to make sure they've got the best plan for ensuring their health care needs are taken care of at age 65 and beyond.

Why a practical playbook for partnerships between public health and primary care? / Denise Koo, J. Lloyd Michener, James B. Sprague, Brian C. Castrucci -- The value of public health and primary care partnerships / Brian C. Castrucci, J. Lloyd Michener, Densie Koo, James B. Sprague -- Primary care and public health: partners for population health / Julie K. Wood -- The value of integration : public health, primary care, and beyond / Paul E. Jarris, Katie Sellers -- Principles of partnerships between public health and primary care / J. Lloyd Michener, Brian C. Castrucci, Denise Koo -- Stages of partnerships between public health and primary care / J. Lloyd Michener, Brian C. Castrucci -- How to have difficult conversations / Justine Strand de Oliveira -- Group dynamics / Mina Silberberg, Seamus Bhatt-Mackin -- Pitching your project / Justine Strand de Oliveira -- Positioned for sustainability / Karen J. Minyard, Amanda Phillips Martinez, Tanisa Adimu -- The role of early wins in long-term success / Frederick S. Johnson -- The value of early wins in be well Lake County / Christina Arnold -- Challenges of working together / Lara Snyder -- Starting off on the right foot: a communication strategy is essential / Karen Remley -- Leveraging media / Kate Reuterswärd -- The practice of public health and how it is changing / Brian C. Castrucci, Hugh H. Tilson, Denise Koo, Jonathon P. Leider -- The changing landscape of primary care / Andrew Bazemore, Russell Phillips, Robert L. Phillips, Jr -- Addressing social determinants of health / Mina Silberberg, Brian C. Castrucci -- Creating a culture of health in Cambridge, MA / Claude-Alix Jacob, Susan Feinberg -- Community health assessments : past, present, and future / Kevin Barnett, Sara Rosenbaum -- Community health needs assessments benefit communities and hospitals alike / Philip Alberti, Ivy Baer -- Leveraging the affordable care act for population health / Eduardo Sanchez -- Partnering with Medicaid, Medicare, public health, and primary care to improve health outcomes / Sharon G. Moffatt, Monica Valdes Lupi, Kathleen Nolan -- Working with accountable care organizations / Joanne M. Conroy, Clese Erikson, Coleen Kivlahan -- Local health departments and a primary care safety net / Robert M. Pestronk -- Co-locating primary care and public health services / Michelle J. Lyn -- Return on investment and economic evaluation / Steven M. Teutsch, Denise Koo, Scott D. Grosse -- The promise and power of using data together / Brian C. Castrucci, Hugh H. Tilson, David A. Ross -- Working with data / Mina Silberberg, Denise Koo, Raymond J. King -- Metrics : how to select them, how to use them / Mina Silberberg, Denise Koo -- Use of electronic health records for population health / Denise Koo, Raymond J. King, Seth Foldy -- Electronic health records : forging common ground for primary care and public health / Dave Ross -- Public and population health it in the age of EHRS and the ACA : expert perspectives on current trends / John W. Loonsk -- Using geographic health information systems (GHIS) for population health / Joshua L. Tootoo, Brian C. Castrucci, Pamela Maxson, Michele Casper, Marie Lynn Miranda -- Shared space : using geography to identify relationships and increase understanding in primary care and public health / Robert L. Phillips, Jr, Andrew Bazemore -- Data and the future of public health / Jeffrey Engel -- San Diego, CA, promotes healthy weight to improve community health / Shaila Serpas, Christina Khaokham, Sharon Hillidge, Virginia Watson -- Indiana reduces the burden of asthma / Virginia Watson -- "Top-down" and "bottom-up" initiatives create a comprehensive prescription drug overdose prevention program in North Carolina / Virginia Watson

The fourth installment of The Premed Playbook series brings together all of the wisdom of helping thousands of students through the medical school application process.

The Parkinson’s Playbook puts the power in your hands, giving you the knowledge you need to proactively defend yourself against the progression of Parkinson’s disease with energy, vitality, and confidence. The diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease is not an easy one. In The Parkinson’s Playbook, author Robert Smith has prepared an enlightening and engaging “playbook” to help you tackle Parkinson’s head on, including a pro-active offense of lifestyle improvements and defensive measures including cutting-edge medications and natural healing techniques. The Parkinson’s Playbook makes you the MVP of your life—so get out there and win! Also featured in The Parkinson’s Playbook: • How to assemble a line-up of medical and emotional support systems • Learn the importance of exercise to boost strength and relieve stress • Effective, easy-to-implement diet changes for well-being ...and so much more, all with the unique patient’s perspective of the author’s personal experiences fighting—and winning—against his disease.

As our economy shifts from recession to recovery, our current economic climate is ripe for transformation. CIOs are in a unique position to leverage technology in order to drive innovation and boost business growth. The CIO Playbook is the handy desk reference for CIOs, CEOs, CFOs, and up and coming leaders, revealing a dynamic seven-step framework (Partner – Organize – Innovate – Deliver – Support – Protect – Grow) that will guide you in making essential changes to your organization. The proven strategies, tools, and techniques in The CIO Playbook make it the ultimate "how-to" resource for creating a high-performance IT organization that delivers value-added products and services to employees, customers, and shareholders. Author Nicholas Colisto provides solutions to the issues that concern business leaders and IT practitioners, including: How to truly partner with business peers Delivering high-quality products and services that are embraced by your user community How to ensure your team is focused on the right innovations Measuring performance and running your department like a business Ways to attract, motivate, and retain a talented team working toward a common vision Managing risks to operate effectively and protect corporate reputation Featuring online templates for each of the seven steps described in the book, The CIO Playbook can help you transform your IT department from a mere order taker to a high-performance organization that delivers extraordinary business outcomes, despite this era of turbulent economic challenges.

The Tax Rules Have Changed. Your Business Should, Too. The Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 marks the biggest tax reform in more than 30 years. The changes to the tax code are complex (especially for the small-business owner), but you don't have to go it alone. CPA and Attorney Mark J. Kohler delivers a comprehensive analysis of the new tax and legal structure you desperately need to help make the new tax law work for you. In this revised edition of The Tax and Legal Playbook, Kohler reveals clear-cut truths about tax and legal planning and delivers a practical, play-by-play guide that helps you build wealth, save on taxes, and protect your assets. Using real-world case studies, tax-savvy tips, game plans, and discussion points, Kohler coaches you through the complexities of the tax game of the small-business owner. You'll also learn how to: Examine your business needs and pick the right business entity for you Build your personal and corporate credit in eight steps Implement affordable asset protection strategies Take advantage of underutilized business tax deductions Pick the right health-care, retirement, and estate plans Bring on partners and investors the right way Plan for your future with self-directed retirement funds Reading from cover to cover or refer to each chapter as needed, you will come away wiser and better equipped to make the best decisions for your business, your family, and yourself.

This book offers the small investor unique assistance that is not found in other publications offering investment advice. The small investor is, in effect, competing with professional money managers, who are often on the opposite side of a trade. If a stock is becoming cheaper because institutions (the mutual funds, hedge funds, etc.) are net sellers, should you, the individual, buy? The professionals have access to corporate managements, employ or have access to paid staffs of analysts, are trained to read a companys financial statements, and actively participate in company conference calls. In short, this is still an uneven playing field, even though SEC Regulation FD (for fair disclosure) has mandated the dissemination of material information in a more equitable fashion. This book is comprised of three sections. Part One describes the major institutional investor groups and the deep resources at their disposal. Part Two illustrates the tools available to small investors that can create a more level playing field. Access to company-sponsored conference calls and web casts are examples that are open to individual, as well as professional investors, but many either are unaware of these tools or fail to avail themselves of these opportunities. The main section of the book is an outline of 24 key industry groups that comprise the S&P 500; the salient metrics and terms; the valuation methods that investors use; most common questions asked on conference calls; and what motivates pros to buy or sell the stocks. Why are some technology stocks often valued as a multiple of sales when most industries are measured by their price/earnings (P/E) multiple? What is the appropriate price/cash flow multiple for industries that are measured by that metric? Why do analysts scrutinize a retailers same-store sales and the semiconductor industrys book-to-bill ratio? These are among the many issues that are crucial to successfully investing in individual stocks. Understanding how pros judge companies and value their stocks will enable people to make better investment decisions and, hopefully, realize greater returns on their stock portfolios. A good introduction to stock market investing, coming at the perfect time. 2014 will be a challenging year and readers of Mark Mandels new book will be ready. John Rubino, author of Clean Money: Picking Winners in the Green Tech Boom

The definitive guide to the secret sauce of improving public and population health Nontraditional collaborations have produced some of the most sweeping, health-improving results in recent memory. But whether it's public/private, cross-discipline, or interagency, the formula for identifying these partnerships -- not to mention making them work -- remains very much in progress. The Practical Playbook II is the first resource to elucidate what works (and what doesn't) when it comes to collaborating for change in and around health. It brings together voices of experience and authority to answer this topic's most challenging questions and provide guideposts for applying what they've learned to today's thorniest problems. Readers will find answers to common and advanced questions around multisector partnerships, including: · Identifying sectors and actors that can help to collaborate to improve health · Best practices for initial engagement · Specifics related to collaborations with government, business, faith communities, and other types of partners · The role of data in establishing and running a partnership · Scaling up to maximize impact and remain sustainable · The role of financing · Implications for policy Written in practical terms that will resonate with readers from any background and sector, The Practical Playbook II is the resource that today's helping professions need -- and a roadmap for the next generation of health-improving partnerships.