Insurance Directory 2003: Largest and Most Complete Listing of Insurers

• ISBN13: 9781563298349
• ISBN10: 1563298341
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Optuminsight Inc

Summary

(ingenix) Annual and comprehensive listing of insurance companies. All information verified yearly. Includes state and local listings, e-mail, and web addresses, state insurance commissioner listings, prior authorization, appendix of state worker's compensation boards, and an index of nationwide companies. Softcover.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(1)
Insurance Directory 2003	1	(1)
HCPCS, Medigap, Prior Authorization Identifiers	1	(1)
Electronic Transmission of Health Care Claims	2	(1)
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Enrollment Form	3	(2)
Claims Processing	5	(16)
Patient Information	5	(1)
The Claim	6	(1)
The CMS-1500	6	(10)
Clean Claims	16	(1)
Standardized Claims Processing	16	(2)
Preauthorization	18	(1)
Health Insurance Claim Form	19	(2)
Monitoring Claims	21	(6)
A Day in the Life of a Claim	21	(1)
Why Monitor?	21	(1)
Tracking Systems	21	(1)
Insurance Claim Register	22	(1)
Understanding Explanation of Benefits	23	(1)
Medicare Summary Notice	23	(1)
Common Payment Errors	23	(1)
Gathering Information	23	(1)
Insurance Payment Log	24	(1)
Inquiries, Reviews, and Appeals	24	(2)
Measuring Your Success	26	(1)
Summary	26	(1)
The Payers	27	(8)
Payer Comparisons	27	(4)
Helpful Terms	31	(4)
Supplemental Insurance	35	(2)
Conveying the Correct Information	35	(2)
Insurance Commissioners	37	(4)
Workers' Compensation	41	(4)
State-by-State Listing	41	(4)
Using the Directory	45	(2)
Formatting	45	(1)
State-by-State Index	45	(2)
The Directory	47	(300)
State-by-State Index	347	(48)
Appendix A: Abbreviations	395	(6)
State and Province Abbreviations	395	(1)
Geographical Directional Abbreviations	395	(1)
Regional Abbreviations	395	(1)
Abbreviations for Street Designators	396	(3)
USPS Approved Envelope Addressing Formats	399	(2)
Appendix B: E-mail and Web Site Addresses	401	(20)
E-mail Addresses	401	(2)
Web Site Addresses	403	(18)
Appendix C: Central Claims Offices	421