Workbook for Fordney’s Medical Insurance
- 15th Edition - January 31, 2019
- Imprint: Saunders
- Author: Linda M. Smith
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 5 9 4 2 5 - 7
Gain real-world practice in insurance billing and coding! Corresponding to the chapters in Fordney's Medical Insurance, 15th Edition, this workbook provides realistic, hands-o… Read more
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Request a sales quoteGain real-world practice in insurance billing and coding! Corresponding to the chapters in Fordney's Medical Insurance, 15th Edition, this workbook provides realistic, hands-on exercises that help you apply concepts and develop critical thinking skills. Study tools include chapter overviews, key terms, chapter review exercises, and case study assignments. Additionally, this workbook helps you develop a better understanding of the differences among the insurance programs when completing and electronically transmitting the 837 P or the CMS-1500 paper claim.
- Key terms and abbreviations lists at the beginning of each chapter provide a quick reference to the health insurance terminology you need to know.
- Performance objectives make learning easy by highlighting what you need to accomplish in each chapter.
- Study outlines focus review by listing key points for each chapter.
- Self-study exercises – including matching, true/false, multiple-choice, mix and match, and fill-in-the-blank questions – help you practice important concepts.
- Critical Thinking Assignments in the form of short, real-world vignettes prepare you for working in a real medical office and allow you to apply theory learned from the textbook.
Unit One: Career Role and Responsibilities
1. Role of an Insurance Billing Specialist
2. Privacy, Security and HIPAA
3. Compliance, Fraud and Abuse
Unit Two: Introduction to the Revenue Cycle Process
4. Basics of Health Insurance
5. The Blue Plans, Private Insurance, and Managed Care Plans
6. Medicare
7. Medicaid and other State Programs
8. Tricare and Veterans’ Health Care
9. Workers’ Compensation
10. Disability Income Insurance and Disability Benefit Programs
Unit Three: Documentation and Coding
11. Medical Documentation and the Electronic Health Record
12. Diagnostic Coding
13. Procedural Coding
Unit Four: Claims Submission in The Medical Office
14. The Paper Claim CMS-1500
15. The Electronic Claim
Unit Five: The Claim Follow Up and Payment Process
16. Receiving Payments and Insurance Problem Solving
17. Office and Insurance Collection Strategies
Unit Six: Healthcare Facility Billing
18. Ambulatory Surgical Center
19. Hospital Outpatient and Inpatient Billing
Unit Seven: Employment
20. Seeking a Job and Attaining Professional Advancement
- Edition: 15
- Published: January 31, 2019
- Imprint: Saunders
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9780323594257
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Linda M. Smith
Linda M Smith is the author of Fordney’s Medical Insurance, 16e and its accompanying workbook and online course. She has revised 3 editions of HIPAA Online. She has had over 40 years of experience in the healthcare industry as a business manager and is a Certified Professional Coder (CPC). She has also earned the credentials of E/M Specialist (CEMC) and is an approved Professional Medical Coding Curriculum Instructor (CPC-I) through the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC). Linda provides training privately to local organizations and is an instructor with various business and technical schools. She and her associates provide training in the areas of medical ethics, medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, and medical coding and billing. They provide continuing education workshops for the organizations mentioned above.
Affiliations and expertise
Training and Consulting, MedOffice Resources, Greene, NY, USA