Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office

Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office

Marilyn Takahashi Fordney Saunders Book Company 10th Edition ISBN: 978-1-4160-3666-1
downloadable eBook price: $81.95
add to cart

This title is being sold in the downloadable VitalBook™ format.

Trusted by medical insurance specialists for more than 30 years, Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office helps you excel at all aspects of insurance billing for a full range of today’s health care plans. This edition helps you keep pace with industry changes, featuring the latest information on HIPAA regulations, diagnostic coding, procedural coding, office and insurance collection strategies, Medicare, and more

Table of Contents

  • Front Matter
  • CHAPTER 1 Role of an Insurance Billing Specialist
  • CHAPTER 2 HIPAA Compliance and Privacy in Insurance Billing
  • CHAPTER 3 Basics of Health Insurance
  • CHAPTER 4 Medical Documentation
  • CHAPTER 5 Diagnostic Coding
  • CHAPTER 6 Procedural Coding
  • CHAPTER 7 The Paper Claim: CMS-1500 (08-05)
  • CHAPTER 8 Electronic Data Interchange: Transactions and Security
  • CHAPTER 9 Receiving Payments and Insurance Problem Solving
  • CHAPTER 10 Office and Insurance Collection Strategies
  • CHAPTER 11 The Blue Plans, Private Insurance, and Managed Care Plans
  • CHAPTER 12 Medicare
  • CHAPTER 13 Medicaid and Other State Programs
  • CHAPTER 14 TRICARE and CHAMPVA
  • CHAPTER 15 Workers' Compensation
  • CHAPTER 16 Disability Income Insurance and Disability Benefit Programs
  • CHAPTER 17 Hospital Billing
  • CHAPTER 18 Seeking a Job and Attaining Professional Advancement
  • Appendix
  • Glossary
  • Key Abbreviations

Browse The Store