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Understanding Health Insurance

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ISBN-10: 1401884350

ISBN-13: 9781401884352

Edition: 7th 2004 (Workbook)

Authors: Michelle A. Green, Ruth M. Burke, JoAnn C. Rowell

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Understanding Health Insurance: A Guide to Professional Billing, 7th edition, utilizes a step-by-step approach to provide instruction about the completion of health insurance claims. The objectives of this edition are to 1) introduce information about major third party payers, 2) provide up-to-date information about federal health care regulations, 3) clarify coding guidelines and provide application exercises for each coding system, 4) introduce reimbursement issues, 5) emphasize the importance of coding for medical necessity, and 6) help users develop the skill to complete claims accurately.. Case studies and review exercises provide users with numerous opportunities to apply knowledge…    
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List price: $72.95
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
Publication date: 7/23/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Michelle A. Green, MPS, RHIA, FAHIMA, CPC, is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor at Alfred State College in Alfred, New York. Her teaching responsibilities include health information management, insurance and reimbursement, and ICD-9-CM, ICD-10-CM, ICD-10-PCS, CPT, and HCPCS level II coding courses. She is an active member of the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) and the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). Her numerous teaching honors include the State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, Alfred State College's Alumni Association Teacher of the Year, Who's Who Among America's Teachers, and AHIMA's Educator Award. In…    

Founder and Former Chairperson, Medical Assisting Department Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD

Health Insurance Specialist-Roles and Responsibilities
Introduction to Health Insurance
Managed Health Care
Life Cycle of an Insurance Claim
Legal and Regulatory Considerations
ICD-9-CM Coding
CPT Coding
HCPCS Coding System
CMS Reimbursement Issues
Coding for Medical Necessity
Essential CMS-1500 Claim Instructions
Filing Commercial Claims
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans
Medicare
Medicaid
Tricare
Workers' Compensation