Insurance handbook for the medical office / Marilyn Takahashi Fordney ; technical collaborator and contributing author, Steven M. Verno.
Publication details: Philadelphia, PA : Saunders, c2004.Edition: 8th editionDescription: xxiv, 642 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.)ISBN:- 0721605176
- 9789997641472
- W 49 F712i 2004
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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.
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