"25th anniversary edition"--Cover. Accompanying CD-ROM: "Student software challenge to accompany Insurance handbook for the medical office." Multi-media instructional materials, including an interactive website, are available to supplement the text. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Role of an insurance billing specialist -- Basics of health insurance -- Medical documentation -- Diagnostic coding -- Procedural coding -- The health insurance claim form -- Electronic data interchange -- Receiving payments and insurance problem solving -- Office and insurance collection strategies -- Managed care systems -- Medicare -- Medicaid and other state programs -- TRICARE and CHAMPVA -- Workers' compensation -- Disability income insurance and disability benefits program -- Hospital billing -- Seeking a job and attaining professional advancement.
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