Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office, Seventh Edition - Softcover

Fordney, Marilyn Takahashi; French, Linda L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0721695183 ISBN 13: 9780721695181

Publisher: Saunders, 2001

Synopsis

INSURANCE HANDBOOK FOR THE MEDICAL OFFICE is a key text for medical administrative assisting, medical front office programs, or those who wish to become insurance billing specialists, claims assistance professionals, or electronic claims processors for physicians' practices and hospital outpatient clinics. Those already practicing in this area will also find this text beneficial, as will health claims examiner programs. The goal of this extremely up-to-date text is to increase efficiency and streamline administrative procedures for the most exasperating aspect of the doctor's office routine: insurance billing. This text offers guidance for all aspects of submitting, tracing, appealing, and transmitting claims for today's full range of health plans. Important coverage of diagnostic coding, procedural coding, office and insurance collection strategies, Medicare, Managed Care, and more is presented. Additionally, a free CD-ROM featuring the HCFA-1500 claim form is included with the book. The CD-ROM contains 10 scored patient case studies with related insurance information so that the student can practice completing the HCFA-1500 claim form in a fun, interactive format.

About this title

Book Description:

Master all aspects of insurance billing - from submitting to tracing, appealing, and transmitting claims

About the Author:

Marilyn Takahashi Fordney, CMA-AC, CMT, Formerly Instructor of Medical Insurance, Medical Terminology, Medical Machine Transcription, and Medical Office Procedures, Ventura College, Ventura, CA

About this edition

• Publisher: Saunders
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0721695183
• ISBN 13: 9780721695181
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 608