Description
Medical Insurance Online is a one-of-a-kind, online interactive learning environment that directly corresponds to Fordney's Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office, eleventh edition. Medical Insurance Online can be used as a complete course on medical insurance or as an interactive course supplement. The course combines interactive content, practice, and assessment into one resource that can be used in the classroom, at home, or anywhere you can access the Internet. Your instructor will guide you through the course, assigning various sections as appropriate.

In addition to Internet access, you should have the following textbook and manuals, all of which you will need to complete this course successfully—and will continue to use as an insurance billing specialist:

• Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office, 11th edition
  Reading assignments for the course come from this textbook, the No. 1 insurance billing text that has been trusted for over 30 years to help students like you learn how to submit, trace, appeal, and transmit claims for the full range of today's health plans. An Objectives and Reading Assignments screen can be found at the beginning of each lesson within a module.
• Saunders 2010 ICD-9-CM, Vol. 1, 2, and 3
  This convenient reference provides all three volumes of the 2010 ICD-9-CM.
• CPT 2010 Standard Edition (from the American Medical Association)

If you already have access to the ICD-9-CM and CPT reference manuals, you may purchase Medical Insurance Online (textbook and online course) separately.

Medical Insurance Online consists of eighteen modules that correspond to each chapter in Fordney's Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office, eleventh edition. Each module begins with a reading assignment from the text, and ends with a scored quiz that allows both students and instructors to evaluate understanding of key concepts. The course ends with an exam that is automatically scored and reported to the instructor.

Medical Insurance Online provides a range of learning opportunities beyond those offered in a traditional classroom-based environment. Elements and activities are designed to support content from the text, simplify difficult concepts, and reinforce learning.

Medical Insurance Online learning tools include:

• Varied interactive self-assessment exercises help students apply learned information, think critically, and evaluate their understanding. Immediate feedback is provided for the self-assessment activities.
• Quizzes and Exams allow students to demonstrate their mastery of the content at the end of each lesson and the end of each module. The quizzes and exams are automatically scored and their grade calculated for the instructor.
• Weblinks direct students to related web sites for further study, and provide additional resources to enhance learning or stimulate discussion.
• A Glossary links directly to key terms when they appear online, providing students with immediate access to definitions as they are needed.
• And much more!