TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fordney,Marilyn Takahashi
TI  - Insurance handbook for the medical office
SN  - 9781416001003
U1  - 368.382 23
PY  - 2006///
CY  - St. Louis, Missouri
PB  - Saunders
KW  - Health insurance
KW  - Medical offices
KW  - Management
N1  - 
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
; Includes bibliographical references and index; 

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