Health Services: Policy and Systems for Therapists, 3rd Edition

This extensively updated text fully equips today’s occupational and physical therapists with indispensable knowledge about rapidly-evolving policy developments that are reshaping their professions. Health Services, Third Edition reflects PPACA (US health care reform); major changes to Medicare and reimbursement policies, and other key trends that are impacting practitioners or soon will. Health Services, Third Edition explains the principles and major structures of health services; reviews how policies and systems affect therapists’ ability to serve patients, and shows how to be an effective advocate for both private and public policy change. The authors explore access, cost, quality, licensure, informed consent, medical liability, and many other key issues. A new chapter on global and population health integrates important public health topics, and substantial new content is provided on special education and mental health care systems.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 Public Policy and Therapists
CHAPTER 2 Access and Cost of Health Care
CHAPTER 3 Quality of Health Care
CHAPTER 4 Public Policies Addressing Social Disablement
CHAPTER 5 Effecting Policy Change: Therapist as Advocate
CHAPTER 6 Fundamentals of Insurance
CHAPTER 7 Private Insurance and Therapy Practice
CHAPTER 8 Medicare
CHAPTER 9 Medicaid, Military/Veterans Medical Insurance, and Indian Health Service
CHAPTER 10 The Acute Medical Care System
CHAPTER 11 The Post-Acute Health Care System
CHAPTER 12 Special Education and Mental Health Systems
CHAPTER 13 Global and Population Health
Appendix A: Resources on Policies Addressing Social Disablement
Appendix B: Advocacy Resources