Fordney's Medical Insurance and Billing

<p>Gain the medical insurance skills you need to succeed in today’s outpatient and inpatient settings! <b>Fordney's Medical Insurance and Billing, 16th</b> <b>Edition </b>helps you master the insurance billing specialist’s role and responsibilities in areas such as diagnostic coding, procedural coding, billing, and collection. Using clear, non-technical explanations, this book covers all of the types of insurance coverage commonly encountered in hospitals, physicians’ offices, and clinics. Step-by-step guidelines lead you through medical documentation and administrative procedures. Written by coding specialist and educator Linda M. Smith, this market-leading text is a complete guide to becoming an efficient insurance billing specialist.</p><ul> <li>Coverage of medical documentation, diagnostic coding, and procedural coding provides you with the foundation and skills needed to work in a physician’s office as well as outpatient and inpatient settings.</li> <li>Coverage of the role and responsibilities of the insurance billing specialist emphasizes advanced job opportunities and certification.</li> <li>Step-by-step procedures detail common responsibilities of the insurance billing specialist and coder.</li> <li>Key terms and abbreviationsare defined and emphasized, reinforcing your understanding of new concepts and terminology.</li> <li>Color-coded icons denote and clarify information, rules, and regulations for each type of payer.</li> <li>Privacy, Security, and HIPAA chapter and Compliance Alerts throughout the book highlight important HIPAA compliance issues and regulations.</li> <li>NEW! Insights From The Field includes short interviews with insurance billing specialists who have experience in the field, providing a snapshot of their career paths and offering advice to the new student.</li> <li>NEW! Scenario boxes help you apply concepts to real-world situations.</li> <li>NEW! Quick Review sections summarize chapter content and also include review questions.</li> <li>NEW! Discussion Points provide the opportunity for students and instructors to participate in interesting and open dialogues related to the chapter’s content.</li> <li>NEW! Expanded Health Care Facility Billing chapters are revised to provide the latest information impacting the insurance billing specialist working in a variety of healthcare facility settings.</li></ul><ul><b> <li>NEW!</b><i> <b>Insights From The Field </b></i>includes short interviews with insurance billing specialists who have experience in the field, providing a snapshot of their career paths and offering advice to the new student.</li> <li><b>NEW! <i>Scenario</i> boxes</b> help you apply concepts to real-world situations.</li> <li><b>NEW! <i>Quick Review</i> sections </b>summarize chapter content and also include review questions.</li> <li><b>NEW! <i>Discussion Points</b></i> provide the opportunity for students and instructors to participate in interesting and open dialogues related to the chapter’s content.</li> <li><b>NEW! Expanded<i> Health Care Facility Billing</b></i> <b>chapters </b>are revised to<b> </b>provide the latest information impacting the insurance billing specialist working in a variety of healthcare facility settings.</li></ul>