TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beik,Janet I.
TI  - Health insurance today: a practical approach 
SN  - 1416000542
PY  - 2007///
CY  - St. Louis
PB  - Saunders / Elsevier
KW  - Health insurance claims
KW  - United States
KW  - Health insurance
KW  - Health, insurance
KW  - Forms and Records Control
KW  - methods
KW  - Gezondheidszorg
KW  - gtt
KW  - Ziektekostenverzekering
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents 
Unit 1: Building a Foundation 
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 
Unit 2: Health Insurance Basics 
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 
Unit 3: Cracking the Codes 
12. Diagnostic Coding 
13. Procedural, Evaluation and Management, and HCPCS Coding 
Unit 4: The Claims Process 
14. The Patient 
15. Keys to Successful Claims Management 
Unit 5: Advanced Application 
16. The Role of Computers in Health Insurance 
17. Reimbursement Procedures: Getting Paid 
18. Hospital Billing and the UB-04

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