Workbook for Health Insurance Today: A Practical Approach

by Janet I. Beik and Julie Pepper

Book Overview

Corresponding to the chapters in Health Insurance Today, 4th 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 learning activities and exercises challenge you to apply your knowledge to real-world situations.

Case studies ask you to solve a real-world problem 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 your ability to apply health insurance concepts to a variety of challenging situations. Performance objectives include hands-on, application-based learning activities 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. Chapter assessments test your knowledge of text content with multiple choice, true/false, short answer, fill-in-the-blank, and matching questions. Application exercises ask you to apply your knowledge and skills to real-world situations. Defining Chapter Terms help you review and understand key terms in each chapter. Problem solving/collaborative (group) activities emphasize the importance of teamwork in the health care field. In-class projects and discussion topics enhance your understanding of specific content from the text. Internet Exploration exercises in each chapter help you learn how to perform research online. Updated Conquering Medicare's Challenges chapter reflects the latest changes to Medicare. Coverage of the Electronic Health Record has been added to The Role of Computers in Health Insurance chapter. ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS content has been expanded to address medical coding's transition from ICD-9. Information on the latest standards for HIPAA Transaction 5010 is included. On the companion Evolve website: Medisoft version 16 exercises let you apply skills using standard medical office software (Medisoft sold separately). Electronic forms make it easy to complete workbook exercises on the computer and turn in clean claim forms to your instructor. Guided Completion software gives direction and corrects your work as you complete a CMS-1500 form block-by-block.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1455708216
• ISBN13: 9781455708215
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 10.9"