Audiology Business and Practice Management

CONTENTSToward the Era of Autonomous Audiology. Service Delivery Models: Practice Choices and Practice Constraints. Personal Considerations Associated with Autonomous Practice. The Business Plan. Legal Business Entities. Naming and Registering the Practice. Location. Leasing or Subleasing Office Space. Creating the Office. Computers in the Office. Staff Planning. Managerial Accounting and Financial Analysis. Marketing. Pricing. Reimbursement. Implications of the Evolving Managed Care Environment for Audiologists. Risk Abatement in an Audiology Practice. Financial Planning. Buying and Selling an Audiology Practice. Audiologists as Managers. Appendix 1: Record Keeping. Appendix II: Handling Difficult Patients. Index.