Mastering the reimbursement process
By: Joanne M. Waters.
Contributors: Blount, L. Lamar.; American Medical Association.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: American Medical Association
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781579473518
Subjects: Hospitals -- Prospective payment -- United States; Insurance, Health, Reimbursement -- United States; Forms and Records Control -- United States; Insurance Claim Reporting -- United States; Insurance Claim Review -- United States; Patient Credit and Collection -- United States
Description: "Up-to-date information on proper medical billing reimbursement and the codes, third party payers, and laws that affect it"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Rev. ed. of: Mastering the reimbursement process / L. Lamar Blount. 3rd ed. c2001.
Table of contents: title: Understanding insurance basics; title: Types of insurance and third-party payers; title: Electronic claims processing; title: The coding systems; title: Billing for ancillary type services; title: Insurance processing: managing insurance and patient accounts after submission of claims; title: Insurance accounts receivable management; title: Requests for review and appeals; title: Compliance programs and the office of the inspector general; title: Health insurance Portability and Accountability Act: administrative simplification.