Insurance Handbook For The Medical Office

-- The 25th Silver Anniversary Edition.
-- Updated to reflect all insurance changes important to those responsible for billing in the medical office.

This text is key for 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 would health claims examiner programs. Its goals are to increase efficiency and streamline administrative procedures for the most exasperating aspect of the doctor's office routine: insurance billing.
-- A free CD-ROM featuring the HCFA-1500 claim form is now 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.
-- 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, and more is presented.