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Understanding Health Insurance A Guide to Billing and Reimbursement

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ISBN-10: 1401895956

ISBN-13: 9781401895952

Edition: 8th 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Michelle A. Green, Jo Ann C. Rowell

List price: $128.95
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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…    
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Book details

List price: $128.95
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
Publication date: 8/25/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 720
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 3.212
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…    

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Preface
Health Insurance Specialist?
Roles and Responsibilities
Introduction to Health Insurance
Managed Health Care
Life Cycle of an Insurance Claim
Legal & Regulatory Considerations
ICD-9-CM Coding
CPT Coding
HCPCS Coding (name change from HCPCS Coding System)
CMS Reimbursement Issues (name change from HCFA Reimbursement Issues)
Coding for Medical Necessity (name change from Coding from Source Documents)
Essential Claims Completion Guidelines (name change from Essential Claim Form Instructions)
Commercial Claims (name change from Filing Commercial Claims)
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans
? Medicare
? Medicaid
Tricare
Workers' Compensation
Case Study Set 1
Case Study Set 2
Blank Forms
Answers to Coding Exercises
Dental Claims Processing
Essential UB-92 Billing Instructions
Bibliography
Glossary
Index