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I am a physician who recently started working for a managed care organization. While I had some previous experience in managed care, I needed to have a fundamental tool to help me with areas I was not familiar with. This book fits that description entirely. It is an outstanding book which is designed for both and novice and intermediate level and I would highly recommend it. One of the nice things about this book is that the chapters themselves are self-contained; in other words, you can choose to read the individual chapters in whatever order you like, without reference to the prior chapters. There are sections in which it makes logical sense to read them in a specific order, but this is not an absolute. If you want to learn about managed care, brush up on what you know, or improve your baseline knowledge, I think that this book is for you. It's well-written, well-researched, and easy to read. A very worthy investment.

Copyright 2013 by Jones & Bartlett, LLC Burlington, Massachusetts. Authored by Peter R. Kongstvedt, MD, FACP, Senior Health Policy Faculty, Department of Health Administration and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. Good introduction to health insurance and Integrated Delivery Systems (IDS's) in health care. Mostly, Managed Health Care including Medicare and Medicaid, the Military and in the Global Context. The final chapter covers the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Health Care Reform under the Obama Administration.

Great overview of all topics related to managed health care. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in obtaining a masters in health care management or for exploring the topic on your own. A library staple for those in the industry.

Purchased the Kindle version for a class and it is an interesting book so far. My only complaint is the copyright issue with many of the tables. While I am not far into the book, one chapter had at least 50% of the tables removed due to copyright issues. This is not very helpful, although does not make the information in the chapter useless. It is simply annoying that the data to which the book refers is absent.

This work is an indespensible contribution to the field of health care management. It is as up-to-date as a publication can be and still be valid and reliable. Published in 2013, Dr. Kongstvedt indicates where more current information is available on the Internet and also provides his e-mail address for those who have issues they need to discuss further with him. A wonderful book!

I'm a healthcare administration and management student and this is a really great resource even after the class was complete. I have found myself going to this book for references for my other courses. If you want to have a great managed care resource, this is your book. I first rented this book and bought it afterwards because I found it so useful.

This is generally a very informative and well written book, and I'm glad I bought it. I'm also glad it comes in a kindle version because it's great not to have to lug around the textbook-sized paper version. It seems as though copyright restrictions have presented the publisher from including most of the charts and things, though, and it's pretty disappointing to repeatedly run into "content removed due to copyright restrictions" instead of the chart or figure the text describes. Furthermore, one might consider following the links below where the figure is to find the original source (usually KFF), but they're not up to date, so you'll just have to use your imagination.

When I got my MHA I studied this book. I find it updated with new information and resources. A wonderful reference for individuals in the field. I would definitely recommend it to others interested in learning about Managed Health Care.

The item was received 1 day post my ordering it. It came as a big surprise that the vendor was able to respond so quickly. Very pleased.