Business Strategies for a Caring Profession : A Practitioner's Guidebook
by Sharon L. Yenney

This is a great one for the psychology professional. This Guidebook is a response to the practicing psychologists who have called or written the American Psychological Association (APA) Practice Directorate for assistance in solving business questions related to their practices. From these questions, it became clear that a comprehensive, organized approach to the business operations of psychological practices was needed. This Guidebook is a place to turn for guidance about the business of operating a psychological practice. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved)

The Computerization of Behavioral Healthcare :
How to Enhance Clinical Practice, Management and Communications
(Jossey-Bass Managed Behavioral Healthcare)
by Tom Trabin (Editor), Michael A. Freeman (Editor)

Offers advice and practical guidelines in nontechnical terms for computerizing clinical practice, management, and communications in behavioral healthcare. Describes advances in different types of software and online services and their effects on patients, clinicians, and organizations; demonstrates how computers are networked and how interactive systems help to contain costs; and presents a framework for measuring and improving clinical outcomes. For professionals in the field. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

How to Build a Thriving Fee-For-Service Practice:  Integrating the Healing Side with the Business Side of Psychotherapy
by Laurie Kolt

"Changes in the health care delivery system have made it difficult for psychologists to practice ethically and autonomously. Nevertheless,like me, there are many experienced and new clinicians who see independent practice as the way in which they want to serve the public. Kolt's book provides all of us with useful and creative ways in which we can successfully meet the goal of a rewarding practice which meets the myriad needs of the American people." -Dorothy W. Cantor, Psy.D., Former President, American Psychological Association

Marketing Your Practice:  Creating Opportunities for Success (Practitioner's Toolbox Series)

Shows psychologists how to market their services, describing the changing behavioral health care market and the necessary steps for developing a marketing plan. Explains how to analyze market opportunities, select target markets, develop marketing strategies, and implement and control the marketing plan. Contains chapter summaries, an ongoing case study, and a glossary. No index. Annotation c.by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

The Paper Office : Forms, Guidelines, and Resources (Clinician's Toolbox)
by Edward L. Zuckerman

I would encourage all practices, whether solo practitioner or group practices, to get a copy of this manual and review their policies, procedures and forms. This manual will greatly reduce the work required to position practices and organizations to meet the present and future demands of a rapidly changing process of provision and reimbursement for behavioral health care. -Robert Lesser, R.N., B.S.N., McHenry County Mental Health Board, Illinois