Understanding Health Insurance: A Guide to Billing and Reimbursement, 8th Edition is a comprehensive source for teaching the subject of health insurance and reimbursement. The book contains chapters on introductory information on the health insurance field, managed health care, legal and regulatory issues, coding systems, reimbursement methodologies, coding for medical necessity, and common health insurance plans. Each chapter contains exercises to illustrate content and reinforce learning. Numerous opportunities are provided throughout the book for manual completion of CMS-1500 claims. A CD-ROM at the back of the book allows for electronic data entry of CMS-1500 claim form information. End of chapter review questions in objective format (e.g., multiple choice) test learners on their understanding of book content. Appendices I and II provide case studies that are also included on the Student Practice CD-ROM. Additional appendices provide instruction in dental claims processing and completion of the UB-92 (claim used for inpatient and outpatient hospital claims). The accompanying workbook provides application based assignments for each chapter, additional content review (multiple choice questions), and additional case studies for practice in completing CMS-1500 claims. This edition of the book contains the most up to date information regarding health insurance claims processing and coding and reimbursement issues.
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Delmar Thomson Learning) Textbook for undergraduates studying to be medical assistants, coding and insurance specialists, and health information technicians. Updated to include Internet links in every chapter, revisions in every chapter, and ICD-10 and UB-92 content.Previous edition: c1999. Perfect bound.
From the Author:
The sixth edition of Understanding Health Insurance has a new coauthor! She is Michelle A. Green, a full-time professor at the State University of New York, College of Technology at Alfred. She looks forward to receiving users' questions about and suggestions for improving the textbook at sunyprofessor@yahoo.com.
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- PublisherDelmar Cengage Learning
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1401895956
- ISBN 13 9781401895952
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages696
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