Insurance handbook for the medical office /
Marilyn Takahashi Fordney.
- 9th edition.
- St. Louis, Missouri : Saunders, c2006.
- xxiv, 664 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Contents;
Unit 1: Career role and responsibilities 1. Role of an insurance billing specialist 2. Compliance and the E-health initiative
Unit 2: The claims process 3. Basics of health insurance 4. Medical documentation 5. Diagnostic coding 6. Procedural coding 7. The paper claim: CMS - 1500 8. Electronic data interchange: Transactions and security 9. Receiving payments and insurance problem solving 10. Office and insurance collection strategies
Unit 3: 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 4: Inpatient and outpatient billing 17. Hospital billing
Unit 5: Employment 18. Seeking a job and attaining professional advancement