Comprehensive Health Insurance

For courses in Introduction to Healthcare Billing and Medical CodingA clear illustration of the key health insurance concepts students need to learn to be workplace readyComprehensive Health Insurance: Billing, Coding, and Reimbursement provides students with the knowledge and skills needed to work in a variety of administrative positions in the medical field. It covers the foundations of insurance, billing, coding, and reimbursement, offering a comprehensive view of how each element in the process affects all other steps. Students learn not only the submission of claims to the insurance carrier, but also reviewing medical records, verifying patient benefits, submitting a secondary claim, posting payments and appealing the insurance carrier's decision. Numerous case studies and patient files are included throughout to demonstrate refunds and appeals, auditing, and compliance, Medicare calculations, and professionalism. The Third Edition includes 2017 ICD-10, CPT, and HCPCS codes; information about the ramifications of the Affordable Care Act; and current information on health care changes, trends, and the future of health care.Also available with MyLab Health Professions for the Comprehensive Health Insurance courseMyLab™ is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with this text to engage students and improve results. Within its structured environment, students have ample opportunity to practice what they learn and test their understanding to better absorb course material and understand difficult concepts. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with MyLab, ask your instructor for the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information.