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 real-life practice in insurance billing and coding! Corresponding to the chapters in Fordney's Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office, 12th Edition, this workbook provides realistic, hands-on exercises that help you apply concepts and develop important critical-thinking skills. Study tools include chapter overviews, key terms, chapter review exercises, and workbook assignments. A companion Evolve website includes patient simulations for additional practice in real-world billing.
Paperback, 576 Pages
Published: October 2011
Imprint: Saunders
ISBN: 978-1-4377-2255-0
Contents
Unit One: Career Role and Responsibilities
1. Role of an Insurance Billing Specialist
2. HIPAA Compliance and Privacy in Insurance Billing
Unit Two: The Claims Process3. Basics of Health Insurance
4. Medical Documentation5. Diagnostic Coding
6. Procedural Coding7. The Paper Claim: CMS-1500
8. Electronic Data Interchange: Transactions and Security9. Receiving Payments and Insurance Problem Solving
10. Office and Insurance Collection StrategiesUnit Three: Health Care Payers
11. The Blue Plans, Private Insurance, and Managed Care Plans12. Medicare
13. Medicaid and Other State Programs14. TRICARE and CHAMPVA
15. Workers' Compensation16. Disability Income Insurance and Disability Benefit Insurance
Unit Four: Inpatient and Outpatient Billing17. Hospital Billing
Unit Five: Employment18. Seeking a Job and Attaining Professional Advancement
