Get real-life practice in insurance billing and coding! Corresponding to the chapters in Fordney's Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office, 12th Edition, this workbook provides realistic, hands-on exercises that help you apply concepts and develop important critical-thinking skills. Study tools include chapter overviews, key terms, chapter review exercises, and workbook assignments. A companion Evolve website includes patient simulations for additional practice in real-world billing. INDICE: Unit 1: Career Roles and Responsibilities1. Role of an Insurance Billing Specialist2. Compliance, Privacy, Fraud, and Abuse in Insurance BillingUnit 2: The Claims Process3. Basics of Health Insurance4. Medical Documentation and the Electronic Health Record5. Diagnostic Coding6. Procedural Coding7. The Paper Claim CMS-1500 (02-12)8. The Electronic Claim9. Receiving Payments and Insurance Problem-Solving10. Office and Insurance Collection StrategiesUnit 3: Health Care Payers11. The Blue Plans, Private Insurance, and Managed Care Plans12. Medicare13. Medicaid and Other State Programs14. TRICARE and Veterans' Health Care15. Workers' Compensation16. Disability Income Insurance and Disability Benefit ProgramsUnit 4: Inpatient and Outpatient Billing17. Hospital BillingUnit 5: Employment18. Seeking a Job and Attaining Professional AdvancementTestsAppendix A: College Clinic Office Policies and Mock Fee ScheduleAppendix B: Medicare Level II HCPCS CodesAppendix C: ICD-10-PCS Section 0 Medical and Surgical, Character 3, Operation DefinitionsAppendix D: ICD-10-PCS Section 0 Medical and Surgical, Character 5, Approach Definitions
- ISBN: 978-1-4557-4811-2
- Editorial: Saunders
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 584
- Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2013
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés