If you are a physician leader who wants a better grasp about how the money flows in healthcare, The Chief Medical Officer's Financial Primer: The Vital Handbook for Physician Executives will spell it all out for you. From where healthcare money starts to where it goes and to whom, you will get a comprehensive overview of how money is split up along the way. This book is the ultimate guide for physician leaders who want to understand the intricate financial dynamics of healthcare.Written by Lee Scheinbart, MD, CPE, FAAPL, a seasoned healthcare executive, this book is a must-read for any aspiring physician leader who wants to succeed in the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare."Lee Scheinbart successfully integrates the new tools, new opportunities, and new challenges with the history and tradition of the old to give us a clear eye to the future - a future physician leaders must shape today," writes Stephen K. Klasko, MD, MBA, executive in residence, General Catalyst, former president and CEO of Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, in the book's foreword.Using stories to illustrate the points, Scheinbart makes the text engaging while fostering critical thinking at every stage of an aspiring medical officer's career growth.One of the advantages of this book is that the chapters can be read in any order and it still imparts an understanding of the topic. It can be a useful guide or used as a refresher when encountering a particular topic in today's healthcare financial landscape.This practical book takes a currently overwhelming, if not muddled, picture of U.S. healthcare and provides the first step toward mastering its financial dynamics.