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Author:   Julie Pepper (Medical Assisting Program Instructor, Health Navigator Program Director, Chippewa Valley Technical College, Eau Claire, Wisconsin)
Publisher:   Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Imprint:   Saunders
Edition:   8th edition
Weight:   0.840kg
ISBN:  

9780323934183

ISBN 10:   0323934188
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   22 November 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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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

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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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