From Patient to Payment: Insurance Procedures for the Medical Office with Student Data CD

by Newby, Cynthia

• ISBN13: 9780073254791
• ISBN10: 0073254797
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Package
• Copyright: 2006-09-07
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math

Summary

From Patient to Payment: Insurance Procedures for the Medical Office, provides a practical, focused overview of medical insurance and billing. Each chapter is structured to give students a hands-on, practical approach to understanding and working with claims, both paper and electronic, and the medical billing process. This text is precisely tailored for a brief introduction, as the fundamental understanding of coding and claim filing principles is the goal. Incorporated are the latest HIPAA forms and regulations, medical coding, and electronic claims in a clear and focused program. It equips students with the basics of preparing correct health care claims, and provides a brief introduction to Medisoft Patient Billing software V14 , which can be used to complete claims..

Table of Contents

From Patient to Payment: Becoming a Medical Specialist

HIPAA and the Legal Medical Record

Diagnostic Coding

Procedural Coding

Payment Methods: Managed Care and Indemnity Plans

Health Care Claim Preparation

Claim Transmission, RA/EOB Follow-up, and Collections

Blue Cross and Blue Shield

Medicare

Medicaid

TRICARE and CHAMPVA

Worker’s Compensation

Disability

Dental Insurance

Hospital Insurance

Appendix Health Care Claim Simulations Using Medisoft

Glossary Index

Glossary Index

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