cover image - Kinn's The Administrative Medical Assistant - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 16th Edition
ISBN: 9780443407925
Copyright: 2028
Page Count: 552
Imprint: Saunders
List Price: $110.99

Kinn's The Administrative Medical Assistant - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 16th Edition

by Brigitte Niedzwiecki, RN, MSN, RMA

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Kinn's The Administrative Medical Assistant - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 16th Edition
ISBN: 9780443407925
Copyright: 2028
Page Count: 552
Imprint: Saunders
List Price: $110.99

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More than any other product on the market, the most successful medical assistants begin their careers with Kinn. Known for almost 70 years for its alignment with national curriculum standards, Kinn's The Administrative Medical Assistant: An Applied Learning Approach, 16th Edition teaches the real-world administrative skills essential for a career in the modern medical office ― always with a focus on helping you apply what you’ve learned. This edition features updated content on the changing role of the medical assistant, including telemedicine, home visits, and scribing; contents, organization, and storage of the health record; and the medical assistant's role with precertification, preauthorization, and referrals. Revised medical billing chapters clarify explanation of benefits (EOB), calculation of the patient's financial obligation, and how to handle payment reconciliation. With its approachable writing style appropriate for all levels of learners and a full continuum of separately sold adaptive solutions, EHR documentation experience, and HESI remediation and assessment, quickly master the leading skills to prepare for certification and a successful career in the dynamic and growing administrative medical assisting profession!
    • Updated administrative content includes the changing role of the medical assistant, including telemedicine, home visits, and scribing; contents, organization, and storage of the health record; and the medical assistant's role with precertification, preauthorization, and referrals
    • Revised medical billing chapters clarify explanation of benefits (EOB), calculation of the patient's financial obligation, and how to handle payment reconciliation
    • Enhanced interactive student activities on Evolve
    • Comprehensive coverage of all administrative procedures to comply with accreditation requirements
    • Thorough EHR coverage with access to hands-on activities using SimChart for the Medical Office
    • Applied learning approach with threaded case scenarios and critical thinking applications
    • Patient Education and Legal and Ethical features at the end of each chapter to reinforce legal and communications implications within Medical Assisting practice
    • Key vocabulary terms and definitions presented at the beginning of each chapter and highlighted in text discussions
    • Summary of Learning Objectives at the end of each chapter to serve as a checkpoint and study tool
    • Connections feature at the end of each chapter to direct students to additional learning sources within the product suite
    • Robust companion website with lesson planning, content presentation, and assessment tools for educators and practice quizzes and exams and interactive exercises for students
  • PART 1 – Introduction to Medical Assisting
    1. The Professional Medical Assistant and the Healthcare Team
    2. Therapeutic Communication
    3. Legal Principles
    4. Healthcare Laws
    5. Healthcare Ethics
    6. Introduction to Anatomy and Medical Terminology
    7. Patient Coaching

    PART 2 – Fundamentals of Ambulatory Care Administration
    8. Technology
    9. Written Communication
    10. Telephone Techniques
    11. Scheduling Appointments and Patient Processing
    12. Health Records
    13. Daily Operations and Safety
    14. Principles of Pharmacology

    PART 3 – Coding and Medical Billing
    15. Health Insurance Essentials
    16. Diagnostic Coding Essentials
    17. Procedural Coding Essentials
    18. Medical Billing and Reimbursement Essentials

    PART 4 – Advanced Ambulatory Care Administration
    19. Patient Accounts and Practice Management
    20. Advanced Roles in Administration

    PART 5 – Assisting with Medical Specialties
    21. Medical Emergencies

    PART 6 – Job Seeking
    22. Skills and Strategies Glossary Index
  • Brigitte Niedzwiecki, RN, MSN, RMA, Medical Assistant Program Director and Instructor, Chippewa Valley Technical College, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA
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