cover image - Medical Insurance Online for Fordney’s Medical Insurance and Billing, 17th Edition
ISBN: 9780443108815
Copyright: 2026
Publication Date: 11-27-2024
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $81.99

Medical Insurance Online for Fordney’s Medical Insurance and Billing, 17th Edition

by Linda M. Smith, CPC, CPC-1, CEMC, CMBS

Online Course

cover image - Medical Insurance Online for Fordney’s Medical Insurance and Billing, 17th Edition
ISBN: 9780443108815
Copyright: 2026
Publication Date: 11-27-2024
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $81.99
For Qualified Instructors.
Important note
This is a Faculty Product!
Any student who attempts to register for access will be reported to the school's faculty and administration.
Realistic online practice helps your students master medical insurance billing and coding! Corresponding to the chapters in Fordney’s Medical Insurance and Billing, 17th Edition, Medical Insurance Online provides review and practice in key areas such as paper and electronic claims, Medicare, diagnostic and procedural coding, abstracting information from a patient’s record, and collection strategies. Exercises and activities let students apply insurance concepts to common billing and coding tasks, and gradable quizzes and exams measure their comprehension. This edition includes a new module on HCPCS coding. With 21 dynamic learning modules in all, MIO ensures that students will make the transition from the classroom to the workplace.
    • NEW HCPCS Coding module includes exercises and activities for ambulance billing, supply billing, and certificates of medical necessity.
    • NEW content on professionalism covers customer service, conflict management, diversity awareness, leadership, and other competencies to help you become an effective, engaged, and highly functioning employee.
    • NEW! Updated content for credentialing reflects updates specific to Medicare, Medicaid, and workers’ compensation.
    • NEW! Additional content on medical decision making asks students to select the appropriate evaluation and management codes under current documentation guidelines.
    • NEW! Additional examples of CMS claims including Blue Shield and Automobile Insurance.
    • Interactive exercises and activities provide frequent opportunities to recall and recognize medical insurance concepts.
    • Gradable quizzes and exams provide proof of mastery for students and highlight areas where instructors may need to provide more instruction.
    • Gradable case studies and assessments measure student progress and comprehension, and help students apply the text’s concepts to real-world scenarios faced by health insurance professionals.
    • Claims processing and medical record activities help students understand how crucial completing a clean claim form is for both the patient and the medical office.
    • Reading references connect this online course with the Fordney’s textbook as a complete package, with the book containing cognitive learning and the course providing practice with application.
    • Designed to meet all Level A and AA checkpoints of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0.
  • Modules
    1. Role of an Insurance Billing Specialist
    2. Privacy, Security, and HIPAA
    3. Compliance, Fraud, and Abuse
    4. Introduction to Health Insurance
    5. The Blue Plans, Private Insurance, and Managed Care Plans
    6. Medicare
    7. Medicaid
    8. TRICARE and Veteran’s Health Care
    9. Workers’ Compensation
    10. Disability Income Insurance and Disability Benefit Insurance
    11. Medical Documentation and the Electronic Health Record
    12. Diagnostic Coding
    13. Procedural Coding
    14. HCPCS Coding NEW!
    15. The Paper Claim: CMS-1500
    16. The Electronic Claim
    17. Receiving Payments and Insurance Problem Solving
    18. Collection Strategies
    19. Ambulatory Surgery Center
    20. Hospital Outpatient and Inpatient Billing
    21. Seeking a Job and Attaining Professional Advancement
  • Linda M. Smith, CPC, CPC-1, CEMC, CMBS, Training and Consulting, MedOffice Resources, Greene, NY, USA
  • This product is available in the following formats:
    Blackboard Learn
    Brightspace by D2L
    Canvas by Instructure
    Evolve (Elsevier)
    Moodle
    Other LMS
    Sakai
For Qualified Instructors.
Important note
This is a Faculty Product!
Any student who attempts to register for access will be reported to the school's faculty and administration.