Workbook for Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office
By- Marilyn Fordney, CMA-AC, Formerly, Instructor of Medical Insurance, Medical Terminology, Medical Machine Transcription, and Medical Office Procedures, Ventura College, Ventura, CA
Get the real-life practice you need to prepare for a successful career! Designed to support Fordneys Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office, 11th Edition, this workbook parallels the material in the textbook, and provides realistic, hands-on exercises that help you apply concepts and develop important critical-thinking skills. A companion Evolve website includes patient simulations for additional practice in real-world billing.
Paperback, 568 Pages
Published: September 2009
Imprint: Saunders
ISBN: 978-1-4377-0132-6
Contents
- Unit One: Career Roles and Responsibilities
1. Role of an Insurance Billing Specialist
2. HIPAA Compliance and Privacy in Insurance Billing
Unit Two: The Claims Process
3. Basics of Health Insurance
4. Medical Documentation
5. Diagnostic Coding
6. Procedural Coding
7. The Paper Claim: CMS-1500 (08-05)
8. Electronic Data Interchange: Transactions and Security
9. Receiving Payments and Insurance Problem Solving
10. Office and Insurance Collection Strategies
Unit Three: Health Care Payers
11. The Blue Plans, Private Insurance and Managed Care Plans
12. Medicare
13. Medicaid and Other State Programs
14. TRICARE and CHAMPVA
15. Workers Compensation
16. Disability Income Insurance and Disability Benefit Programs
Unit Four: Inpatient and Outpatient Billing
17. Hospital Billing
Unit Five: Employment
18. Seeking a Job and Attaining Professional Advancement
