Insurance handbook for the medical office /
Fordney, Marilyn Takahashi.
Insurance handbook for the medical office / Marilyn Takahashi Fordney ; technical collaborator and contributing author, Steven M. Verno. - 8th edition. - Philadelphia, PA : Saunders, c2004. - xxiv, 642 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.)
Includes index.
Contents
Unit 1: Career role and responsibilities
1. Role of an insurance billing specialist
Unit 2: The claims process
2. Basics of health insurance
3. Medical documentation and the electronic health record
4. Diagnostic coding
5. Procedural coding
6. The Health Insurance Claim Form
7. Electronic data interchange: transactions and security
8. Receiving payments and insurance problem solving
9. Office and insurance collection strategies
Unit 3: Health care payers
10. Private insurance and managed care systems
11. Medicare
12. Medicaid and other state programs
13. TRICARE and CHAMPVA
14. Workers' compensation
15. Disability income insurance and disability benefit programs
Unit 4: Inpatient and outpatient billing
16. Hospital billing
Unit 5: Employment
17. Seeking a job and attaining professional advancement.
0721605176 9789997641472
2003057102
Health insurance--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Medical offices--Management--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Medical claims processing industry.
W 49 F712i 2004
Insurance handbook for the medical office / Marilyn Takahashi Fordney ; technical collaborator and contributing author, Steven M. Verno. - 8th edition. - Philadelphia, PA : Saunders, c2004. - xxiv, 642 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.)
Includes index.
Contents
Unit 1: Career role and responsibilities
1. Role of an insurance billing specialist
Unit 2: The claims process
2. Basics of health insurance
3. Medical documentation and the electronic health record
4. Diagnostic coding
5. Procedural coding
6. The Health Insurance Claim Form
7. Electronic data interchange: transactions and security
8. Receiving payments and insurance problem solving
9. Office and insurance collection strategies
Unit 3: Health care payers
10. Private insurance and managed care systems
11. Medicare
12. Medicaid and other state programs
13. TRICARE and CHAMPVA
14. Workers' compensation
15. Disability income insurance and disability benefit programs
Unit 4: Inpatient and outpatient billing
16. Hospital billing
Unit 5: Employment
17. Seeking a job and attaining professional advancement.
0721605176 9789997641472
2003057102
Health insurance--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Medical offices--Management--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Medical claims processing industry.
W 49 F712i 2004