About the Book: Pariksith Singh, MD, is a practicing physician of 30 years. Board Certified in Internal Medicine, he believes unsettling changes in the healthcare industry can also be transformative. “For me it is a time for remarkable opportunity, growth, and innovation,” he says. “I can look back at what I have accomplished, but also look forward in eager anticipation at what is possible.” Dr. Singh watched his organization, Access Health Care Physicians, LLC, grow from a simple, multiservice provider in 2001 to one that has multiplied in size and is now respected throughout the state of Florida. In addition to heading up this leading IPA, he has started a healthcare HMO, an ACO, and created one of the best healthcare corporate infrastructures in the business. Dr. Singh also finds time to be a published poet, philosopher and author. His medical contributions include The Florida Guide to Prescription, Controlled Substance and Pain Medicine Laws (coauthored by Rachel Barlow, Alan Gassman, and Lester Perling), The Essential Planning Guide to 2013 Income & Estate Taxes, and Excerpts From Creditor Protection From Florida Physicians, a Comprehensive Handbook for Physicians and Their Advisors. Add to this the fictional works of Dr. Singh The Shoreless River, Chutti Ke Din, and his favorite, Riddles for Pesky Teenagers. This is Dr. Singh’s fifth edition of A Primer in Health Care. In addition to publishing books on cutting edge topics of interest to physicians and administrators, his organization is now a learning organization involving Graduate Medical Education residents.