Workbook for Beik's Health Insurance Today

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Julie Pepper (Medical Assisting Program Instructor, Health Navigator Program Director, Chippewa Valley Technical College, Eau Claire, Wisconsin)

Workbook for Beik's Health Insurance Today

Julie Pepper (Medical Assisting Program Instructor, Health Navigator Program Director, Chippewa Valley Technical College, Eau Claire, Wisconsin)

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Saunders
22 November 2023

Medical insurance

Corresponding to the chapters in Beik's Health Insurance Today, 8th Edition, this workbook lets you practice the skills you will need to succeed as a health insurance professional. Practical assignments reinforce the information in the text, and engaging learning activities and case studies challenge you to apply your knowledge to real-world situations. This edition adds up-to-date coverage of cybersecurity, COVID-19, crowdfunding for medical bills, and more.

In-class projects and discussion topics enhance understanding of specific content from the text.

Performance-based activities include hands-on, application-based learning exercises that provide practice in areas such as completing claim forms, posting payments to a patient's ledger, filling out Release to Return to Work forms, and filling out Medicare appeals.

Problem-solving and collaborative (group) activities emphasize the importance of teamwork in the healthcare field.

Case studies ask students to solve real-world problems related to health insurance, such as completing a CMS-1500 claim form or explaining how HIPAA could affect someone recently out of work.

Critical thinking activities strengthen students' abilities to apply health insurance concepts to a variety of challenging situations.

Chapter assessments test students' knowledge with multiple-choice, true/false, short-answer, fill-in-the-blank, and matching questions.

Application exercises challenge students to apply their knowledge and skills to real-world situations.

Internet Exploration exercises in each chapter help students learn how to perform and evaluate research online.

Defining Chapter Terms activities prompt students to review and understand the key terms in each chapter.

NEW! Additional content on cybersecurity emphasizes the importance of keeping digital information private and secure.

NEW! Information on crowdfunding for medical bills discusses how this practice affects billing.

NEW! Interactive VST eBook provides a seamless digital experience.

NEW! Coverage of COVID-19 explores its impact on billing, reimbursement, and employment.

By: Julie Pepper (Medical Assisting Program Instructor Health Navigator Program Director Chippewa Valley Technical College Eau Claire Wisconsin)
Imprint: Saunders
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 8th edition
Dimensions: Height: 276mm, Width: 216mm,
Weight: 840g
ISBN: 9780323934183
ISBN 10: 0323934188
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 22 November 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

UNIT ONE: BUILDING A FOUNDATION Chapter 1: The Origins of Health Insurance Chapter 2: Tools of the Trade: A Career as a Health Insurance (Medical) Professional Chapter 3: The Legal and Ethical Side of Health Insurance Chapter 4: Healthcare Reform: Coverage Types and Sources Chapter 5: The Patient and the Billing Process UNIT TWO: HEALTH INSURANCE BASICS Chapter 6: Reimbursement Models Chapter 7: Understanding Managed Care Chapter 8: Understanding Medicare Chapter 9: Understanding Medicaid Chapter 10: Understanding Military Carriers Chapter 11: Understanding Miscellaneous Carriers: Workers' Compensation and Disability Insurance UNIT THREE: CLAIMS SUBMISSION Chapter 12: Claim Submission Methods Chapter 13: Diagnostic Coding Chapter 14: Procedural, Evaluation and Management, and HCPCS Coding Chapter 15: Claims Management UNIT FOUR: ADVANCED APPLICATION Chapter 16: The Role of Computers in Health Insurance Chapter 17: Reimbursement Procedures: Getting Paid Chapter 18: Hospital Billing and the UB-04 Appendix: Blank Forms

Julie Pepper has spent her entire career in health care, first as a medical assistant in a variety of offices and clinics, developing expertise in the electronic health record. She combines her education in dietetics with her clinical and administrative experience as an instructor in the Medical Assisting program at Chippewa Valley Technical College in Wisconsin, where she has taught for the past 18 years. Julie is also the program director for the college's new Health Navigator program. She has served as reviewer and contributor to numerous Medical Assisting educational products over the last decade, including SimChart for the Medical Office; she currently serves as sole author of The Electronic Health Record for the Physician's Office and The Simulated Administrative Medical Office and co-author of Health Insurance Today, 7e. She is taking over sole authorship of what will be titled Beik's Health Insurance Today, 8e

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Julie Pepper (Medical Assisting Program Instructor, Health Navigator Program Director, Chippewa Valley Technical College, Eau Claire, Wisconsin)

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