Corresponding to the chapters in Beik’s Health Insurance Today, 8th Edition, this workbook lets you practice the skills you 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 you to apply your knowledge to real-world situations. This edition adds up-to-date coverage of cybersecurity, COVID-19, crowdfunding for medical bills, and more.
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. Critical thinking activities strengthen your ability to apply health insurance concepts to a variety of challenging situations. Chapter assessments test your knowledge with multiple choice, true/false, short answer, fill-in-the-blank, and matching questions. Problem-solving and collaborative (group) activities emphasize the importance of teamwork in the healthcare field. Case studies ask you 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. Application exercises ask you to apply your knowledge and skills to real-world situations. In-class projects and discussion topics enhance your understanding of specific content from the text. Internet Exploration exercises in each chapter help you learn how to perform and evaluate research online. Defining Chapter Terms activities help you review and understand the key terms in each chapter.1. Introduction to the Workbook - p. Page vii 2. Student Software - p. Page viii 3. Contents - p. Page ix 4. List of Illustrations - p. Page x 5. List of Tables - p. Page xi 6. 1 : The Origins of Health Insurance - p. Page xi 7. 2 : Tools of the Trade: A Career as a Health (Medical) Insurance Professional - p. Page xi 8. 3 : The Legal and Ethical Side of Medical Insurance - p. Page xi 9. 4 : Healthcare Reform: Coverage Types and Sources - p. Page xi 10. 5 : The Patient and the Billing Process - p. Page xi 11. 6 : Reimbursement Models - p. Page xi 12. 7 : Understanding Managed Care - p. Page xi 13. 8 : Understanding Medicare - p. Page xi 14. 9 : Understanding Medicaid - p. Page xi 15. 10 : Understanding Military Carriers - p. Page xi 16. 11 : Understanding Miscellaneous Carriers: Workers’ Compensation and Disability Insurance - p. Page xi 17. 12 : Claim Submission Methods - p. Page xi 18. 13 : Diagnostic Coding - p. Page xi 19. 14 : Procedural, Evaluation and Management, and HCPCS Coding - p. Page xi 20. 15 : Claims Management - p. Page xi 21. 16 : The Role of Computers in Health Insurance - p. Page xi 22. 17 : Reimbursement Procedures: Getting Paid - p. Page xi 23. 18 : Hospital Billing and the UB-04 - p. Page xi 24. Appendix: Blank forms - p. Page xi
Corresponding to the chapters in Beik’s Health Insurance Today, 8th Edition, this workbook lets you practice the skills you 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 you to apply your knowledge to real-world situations. This edition adds up-to-date coverage of cybersecurity, COVID-19, crowdfunding for medical bills, and more.
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. Critical thinking activities strengthen your ability to apply health insurance concepts to a variety of challenging situations. Chapter assessments test your knowledge with multiple choice, true/false, short answer, fill-in-the-blank, and matching questions. Problem-solving and collaborative (group) activities emphasize the importance of teamwork in the healthcare field. Case studies ask you 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. Application exercises ask you to apply your knowledge and skills to real-world situations. In-class projects and discussion topics enhance your understanding of specific content from the text. Internet Exploration exercises in each chapter help you learn how to perform and evaluate research online. Defining Chapter Terms activities help you review and understand the key terms in each chapter.1. Introduction to the Workbook - p. Page vii 2. Student Software - p. Page viii 3. Contents - p. Page ix 4. List of Illustrations - p. Page x 5. List of Tables - p. Page xi 6. 1 : The Origins of Health Insurance - p. Page xi 7. 2 : Tools of the Trade: A Career as a Health (Medical) Insurance Professional - p. Page xi 8. 3 : The Legal and Ethical Side of Medical Insurance - p. Page xi 9. 4 : Healthcare Reform: Coverage Types and Sources - p. Page xi 10. 5 : The Patient and the Billing Process - p. Page xi 11. 6 : Reimbursement Models - p. Page xi 12. 7 : Understanding Managed Care - p. Page xi 13. 8 : Understanding Medicare - p. Page xi 14. 9 : Understanding Medicaid - p. Page xi 15. 10 : Understanding Military Carriers - p. Page xi 16. 11 : Understanding Miscellaneous Carriers: Workers’ Compensation and Disability Insurance - p. Page xi 17. 12 : Claim Submission Methods - p. Page xi 18. 13 : Diagnostic Coding - p. Page xi 19. 14 : Procedural, Evaluation and Management, and HCPCS Coding - p. Page xi 20. 15 : Claims Management - p. Page xi 21. 16 : The Role of Computers in Health Insurance - p. Page xi 22. 17 : Reimbursement Procedures: Getting Paid - p. Page xi 23. 18 : Hospital Billing and the UB-04 - p. Page xi 24. Appendix: Blank forms - p. Page xi
