cover image - Workbook for Beik’s Health Insurance Today, 8th Edition
ISBN: 9780323934183
Copyright: 2025
Publication Date: 11-21-2023
Page Count: 416
Imprint: Saunders
List Price: $52.99

Workbook for Beik’s Health Insurance Today, 8th Edition

by Julie Pepper, BS, CMA (AAMA)

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cover image - Workbook for Beik’s Health Insurance Today, 8th Edition
ISBN: 9780323934183
Copyright: 2025
Publication Date: 11-21-2023
Page Count: 416
Imprint: Saunders
List Price: $52.99
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Corresponding to the chapters in Beik’s Health Insurance Today, 8th Edition, this workbook lets students practice the skills they will need to succeed as a health insurance professional. Practical assignments reinforce the information in the text, and engaging learning activities and case studies challenge students to apply their knowledge to real-world situations. This edition adds up-to-date coverage of cybersecurity, COVID-19, crowdfunding for medical bills, and more.

    • NEW! Additional content on cybersecurity emphasizes the importance of keeping digital information private and secure
    • NEW! Information on crowdfunding for medical bills discusses how this practice affects billing
    • NEW! Interactive VST eBook provides a seamless digital experience
    • NEW! Coverage of COVID-19 explores its impact on billing, reimbursement, and employment
    • In-class projects and discussion topics enhance understanding of specific content from the text
    • Performance-based activities include hands-on, application-based learning exercises that provide practice in areas such as completing claim forms, posting payments to a patient's ledger, filling out Release to Return to Work forms, and filling out Medicare appeals
    • Problem-solving and collaborative (group) activities emphasize the importance of teamwork in the healthcare field
    • Case studies ask students to solve real-world problems related to health insurance, such as completing a CMS-1500 claim form or explaining how HIPAA could affect someone recently out of work
    • Critical thinking activities strengthen students’ abilities to apply health insurance concepts to a variety of challenging situations
    • Chapter assessments test students’ knowledge with multiple-choice, true/false, short-answer, fill-in-the-blank, and matching questions
    • Application exercises challenge students to apply their knowledge and skills to real-world situations
    • Internet Exploration exercises in each chapter help students learn how to perform and evaluate research online
    • Defining Chapter Terms activities prompt students to review and understand the key terms in each chapter
    • NEW! Additional content on cybersecurity emphasizes the importance of keeping digital information private and secure
    • NEW! Information on crowdfunding for medical bills discusses how this practice affects billing
    • NEW! Interactive VST eBook provides a seamless digital experience
    • NEW! Coverage of COVID-19 explores its impact on billing, reimbursement, and employment
  • UNIT ONE. BUILDING A FOUNDATION
    1. The Origins of Health Insurance
    2. Tools of the Trade. A Career as a Health Insurance (Medical) Professional
    3. The Legal and Ethical Side of Health Insurance
    4. Healthcare Reform. Coverage Types and Sources
    5. The Patient and the Billing Process

    UNIT TWO. HEALTH INSURANCE BASICS
    6. Reimbursement Models
    7. Understanding Managed Care
    8. Understanding Medicare
    9. Understanding Medicaid
    10. Understanding Military Carriers
    11. Understanding Miscellaneous Carriers. Workers’ Compensation and Disability Insurance

    UNIT THREE. CLAIMS SUBMISSION
    12. Claim Submission Methods
    13. Diagnostic Coding
    14. Procedural, Evaluation and Management, and HCPCS Coding
    15. Claims Management

    UNIT FOUR. ADVANCED APPLICATION
    16. The Role of Computers in Health Insurance
    17. Reimbursement Procedures. Getting Paid
    18. Hospital Billing and the UB-04

    Appendix. Blank Forms
  • Julie Pepper, BS, CMA (AAMA), Professor Emeritus, Medical Assistant Program, Chippewa Valley Technical College, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA
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