Workbook for Fordney's Medical Insurance and Billing, 17th Edition
$152.47
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
9 December 2024
Summary
Get the hands-on practice you need to master medical insurance billing and coding! Corresponding to the chapters in Fordney’s Medical Insurance and Billing, 17th Edition, this workbook provides realistic exercises that help you apply concepts and develop the skills needed by insurance billing specialists. Assignments ask you to complete common claim forms such as the CMS-1500 and the UB-04 by extracting information from patient records and accurately selecting procedural and diagnostic codes. This edition adds exercises on professionalism, HCPCS coding, and credentialing activities. With this practical workbook, you will make the most of your Fordney’s textbook.
- NEW HCPCS Coding chapter includes exercises for ambulance billing, supply billing, and more
- NEW exercises on professionalism cover customer service, conflict management, diversity awareness, leadership, and other competencies to help you become an effective, engaged, and highly functioning employee
- NEW exercises related to billing of automobile and liability insurance
- Self-study exercises reinforce your understanding with matching, true/false, multiple-choice, mix and match, and fill-in-the-blank questions, as well as critical thinking assignments
- Diagnostic, procedural, and HCPCS code exercises provide practice with submitting a claim or making an itemized billing statement
- Study outlines focus your review by listing the key points for each chapter
- Performance objectives make learning easier by highlighting what you need to accomplish in each chapter
- Key terms and abbreviations at the beginning of each chapter provide a quick reference to the health insurance terminology you need to know
- Critical Thinking assignments are based on short, real-world vignettes, preparing you to work in a real medical office and allowing you to apply theory learned from the textbook
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780443109430 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0443109435 |
| Author: | Linda M. Smith, Cheryl Fassett |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Health Sciences |
| Imprint: | Churchill Livingstone |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Edition: | 17th |
| Release Date: | 9 December 2024 |
| Weight: | 740g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 276mm |
Linda M. Smith
About the Authors
Linda M. Smith is the author of Fordney’s Medical Insurance, 16e, and its accompanying workbook and online course. She has revised three editions of HIPAA Online. Linda brings over 40 years of experience in the healthcare industry as a business manager and is a Certified Professional Coder (CPC). She has also earned the credentials of E/M Specialist (CEMC) and is an approved Professional Medical Coding Curriculum Instructor (CPC-I) through the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC). Linda provides private training to local organizations and instructs at various business and technical schools. She and her associates offer training in medical ethics, medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, and medical coding and billing. They also provide continuing education workshops for the organizations mentioned above.
Cheryl Fassett has dedicated 34 years to healthcare administration, billing, and coding. She served as a coding/billing specialist and account manager with Practicare Medical Management for five years before becoming the practice manager for Riverside Associates in Anesthesia, a role she has held for the last 29 years. Her responsibilities are diverse and encompass auditing the practice’s coding, billing, and reimbursement, as well as managing payroll, scheduling, human resources, and liaising with the accounting department, legal team, and pension manager. Cheryl holds numerous certifications from the AAPC, including coding, billing, auditing, practice management, risk adjustment coding, clinical documentation, and instructing the AAPC coding curriculum. She was a contributor and subject matter expert for the Fordney Smith Medical Insurance and Billing 15th, 16th, and 17th editions. Cheryl has developed and presented workshops and training sessions to AAPC members, billing companies, and hospital staff on a wide range of topics, including HIPAA compliance, revenue cycle, anesthesia coding, leadership, communication, cognitive biases, and limiting beliefs.
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