Workbook for Health Insurance Today
A Practical Approach
4th Edition
Published on 4. October 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
440 pages
978-1-4557-0821-5 (ISBN)
Description
Practice the skills you'll need to succeed in health insurance billing! Corresponding to the chapters in Health Insurance Today, 3rd Edition, by Janet I. Beik, this workbook offers preparation for the tasks you'll encounter on the job. Practical assignments reinforce the information in the textbook, and learning activities and exercises ask you to apply your knowledge to real-world situations.
Case studies ask you to solve a real-world problem related to health insurance, such as completing a CMS-1500 claim form or explaining how HIPAA could affect someone recently out of work.
Critical Thinking activities strengthen your ability to apply health insurance concepts to a variety of challenging situations.
Performance objectives include hands-on, application-based learning activities in areas such as completing claim forms, posting payments to a patient's ledger, filling out Release to Return to Work forms, and filling out Medicare appeals.
Chapter assessments test your knowledge of text content with multiple choice, true/false, short answer, fill-in-the-blank, and matching questions.
Application exercises ask you to apply?your knowledge and skills to real-world situations.
Defining Chapter Terms help you review and understand key terms in each chapter.
Problem solving/collaborative (group) activities emphasize the importance of teamwork in the health care field.
In-class projects and discussion topics enhance?your understanding of specific content from the text.
Internet Exploration exercises in each chapter help you learn how to perform research online.
NEW! Key coverage of new topics includes medical identity theft and prevention, National Quality Forum (NQF) patient safety measures, ACSX12 Version 5010 HIPAA transaction standards, EMS rule on mandatory electronic claims submission, and standards and implementation specifications for electronic health record technology.
UPDATED! Additional ICD-10 coding content prepares you for the upcoming switch to the new coding system.
UPDATED! Medicare chapter reflects updates and changes from the new presidential administration.
Case studies ask you to solve a real-world problem related to health insurance, such as completing a CMS-1500 claim form or explaining how HIPAA could affect someone recently out of work.
Critical Thinking activities strengthen your ability to apply health insurance concepts to a variety of challenging situations.
Performance objectives include hands-on, application-based learning activities in areas such as completing claim forms, posting payments to a patient's ledger, filling out Release to Return to Work forms, and filling out Medicare appeals.
Chapter assessments test your knowledge of text content with multiple choice, true/false, short answer, fill-in-the-blank, and matching questions.
Application exercises ask you to apply?your knowledge and skills to real-world situations.
Defining Chapter Terms help you review and understand key terms in each chapter.
Problem solving/collaborative (group) activities emphasize the importance of teamwork in the health care field.
In-class projects and discussion topics enhance?your understanding of specific content from the text.
Internet Exploration exercises in each chapter help you learn how to perform research online.
NEW! Key coverage of new topics includes medical identity theft and prevention, National Quality Forum (NQF) patient safety measures, ACSX12 Version 5010 HIPAA transaction standards, EMS rule on mandatory electronic claims submission, and standards and implementation specifications for electronic health record technology.
UPDATED! Additional ICD-10 coding content prepares you for the upcoming switch to the new coding system.
UPDATED! Medicare chapter reflects updates and changes from the new presidential administration.
More details
Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Philadelphia
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 276 mm
Width: 216 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-4557-0821-5 (9781455708215)
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Content
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: Worker's Compensation and Disability Insurance
Unit 3: Cracking the Codes
12. Diagnostic Coding
13. Procedural, Evaluation & Management and HCPCS Coding
Unit 4: The Claims Process
14. The Patient
15. The Claim
Unit 5: Advanced Application
16. The Role of Computers in Health Insurance
17. Reimbursement Procedures: Getting Paid
18. Hospital Claim Form: The UB-04
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: Worker's Compensation and Disability Insurance
Unit 3: Cracking the Codes
12. Diagnostic Coding
13. Procedural, Evaluation & Management and HCPCS Coding
Unit 4: The Claims Process
14. The Patient
15. The Claim
Unit 5: Advanced Application
16. The Role of Computers in Health Insurance
17. Reimbursement Procedures: Getting Paid
18. Hospital Claim Form: The UB-04