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Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office | 
 enlarge | Author: Marilyn Fordney
Publisher: Saunders
Category: Book
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 327978
Media: Paperback
Edition: 9
Pages: 688
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.6
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 141600100X
Dewey Decimal Number: 368.38002461
EAN: 9781416001003
ASIN: 141600100X
Publication Date: November 7, 2005
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Product Description
Offering guidance for all aspects of submitting, tracing, appealing, and transmitting claims for today's full range of health plans, this essential reference streamlines administrative procedures and increases office efficiency during the insurance billing process. The 9th edition has been completely updated to include the latest information on essential topics such as the HIPAA regulations, diagnostic coding, procedural coding, office and insurance collection strategies, Medicare, and more. In addition, this trusted resource of choice for medical insurance specialists is now printed in full color and contains a CD-ROM that features Altapoint software that simulates the billing process and provides "real world" experience.
- All content has been reviewed by industry experts and meticulously updated to reflect recent changes in insurance claim filing.
- Procedural coding (CPT and HCPCS) and diagnostic coding (ICD-9-CM) and required documentation are emphasized as keystones to obtaining maximum reimbursement.
- Unique, color-coded payer icons clarify information specific to different payers and help you understand CMS claim form completion.
- Special HIPAA Alerts throughout the book help you comply with important governmental privacy regulations.
- Emphasizes procedural (CPT and HCPCS) and diagnostic (ICD-9-CM) coding and documentation since they are the keystones to obtaining maximum reimbursement.
- Block-by-block explanations and examples clearly demonstrate the correct way to complete the CMS-1500 claim form.
- A wealth of completed sample insurance forms show how concepts are applied in real life.
- Completely revised and updated to provide the most up-to-date information available.
- Special HIPAA Alerts throughout the book help you comply with important governmental privacy regulations.
- Accompanying CD-ROM features AltaPoint software that simulates the billing process and provides realistic practice with patient scenarios.
- An entire new chapter is dedicated to compliance and the e-health initiative.
- New Form icons and Computer icons throughout the text indicate the industry's current state of transition.
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 Do not purchase from this seller! Never Received! October 24, 2008
Lauren Love
I never received the Medical book I purchased. The money was taken out of my account. I have e-mailed the seller twice without response. I will not purchase through Amazon again.
 insurance handbook for the medical office January 25, 2006
Medical Instructor
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
I was very disappointed in the 9th revision. Although the HIPAA compliance and e-commerce sections have been updated, the material in the workbook is exactly the same. That includes all the same editing errors from the last edition. I spend hours of my time "re-writing" these editions when they should be correct at publication. The same ICD-9 and CPT errors are still there. I am seriously thinking of changing books for my school.
 not bad September 25, 2005
Heng Sun (usa)
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
the seller send the book very soon but she give me a wrong one, and then she send me another one, but it was lost in the way. Although she returned my money, but I took a course two weeks without textbook.
7th Edition pulls itself into the 21st Century September 27, 2001
KS (Redlands, CA)
15 out of 17 found this review helpful
Having had to wait many weeks for the new, revised 7th Edition I was very pleased to note the improvements made from the 6th Edition. The color examples, universal legend symbols and easy paragraph read for the student are excellent. Another long awaited addition is the expanded Medi-Cal section (applicable to California only). Having been in the industry for 25 year I can say that this is the best Billing book on the market that I have been able to find. The only down side to this book is that it is not written for the "new" biller, but more for an intermediate to experienced biller. As long as the instructor can "dumb down" some of the excellent explanations, students will learn a tremendous amount from this book. I use it in my classroom along with my own material and the students are leaving the class with a well rounded knowledge base. Over all, I am pleased with the new Edition and it's contents.
Lots of info, perhaps too much. October 12, 1999
35 out of 38 found this review helpful
I felt a little bogged down by all the information contained inthis book. It seemed too detailed and included a lot of stuff thatdidn't really apply to just medical insurance (for example thecomplete hypocratic oath which doctors take)! Overall, it was a pretty good book. It would have been a great book if they had cut out about a third or even half of the information. I thought Guide to Medical Billing, by a company called ICDC was much better. A lot of the pertinent data without too much extra. I also liked a book called The Medical Billing Handbook by Jason Cummings.
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