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Medical Insurance Online for Health Insurance Today (User Guide and Access Code)

By
  • Janet Beik, AA, BA, MEd, Southeastern Community College (retired), Administrative Instructor, Medical Assistant Program, West Burlington, IA, USA

Newly revised to follow the 4th edition of Health Insurance Today, Medical Insurance Online is a practical, user-friendly online course that prepares you for a successful career as a health insurance professional. Eighteen online learning modules correspond to the 18 chapters in the text and offer short instructional segments followed by numerous application activities based on medical records from real-life case studies. You’ll gain valuable experience with extracting information from the patient's chart, completing the CMS-1500, electronic claims filing, HIPAA, electronic health records, and the latest industry standards.

Book, 4 Pages

Published: October 2012

Imprint: Saunders

ISBN: 978-1-4557-0824-6

Contents

  • MODULES

    1. The Origins of Health Insurance
    2. Tools of the Trade: A Career as a Health (Medical) Insurance Professional
    3. The Legal and Ethical Side of Medical Insurance
    4. Types and Sources of Health Insurance
    5. Claim Submission Methods
    6. Traditional Fee-for-Service/Private Plans
    7. Unraveling the Mysteries of Managed Care
    8. Understanding Medicaid
    9. Conquering Medicare’s Challenges
    10. Military Carriers
    11. Miscellaneous Carriers: Workers’ Compensation and Disability Insurance
    12. Diagnostic Coding
    13. Procedural, E&M, and HCPCS Coding
    14. The Patient
    15. The Claim
    16. The Role of Computers in Health Insurance
    17. Reimbursement Procedures: Getting Paid
    18. Hospital Billing and the UB-04

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