Beik, Janet I. <br/><br/>
Health insurance today :  a practical approach / 
Janet I. Beik. 
 - 3rd ed. 
 - St. Louis, MO :  Elsevier/Saunders,  2011. 
 - xxix, 495 p. :  ill. (some col.) ;  28 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>The origins of health insurance -- Tools of the trade : a career as a health (medical) insurance professional -- The legal and ethical side of medical insurance -- Types and sources of health insurance -- The universal claim form : CMS-1500 -- Traditional fee-for-service/private plans -- Unraveling the mysteries of managed care -- Understanding Medicaid -- Conquering Medicare's challenges -- Military carriers -- Miscellaneous carriers : workers' compensation and disability insurance -- Diagnostic coding -- Procedural, evaluation and management, and HCPCS coding -- The patient -- The claim -- The role of computers in health insurance -- Reimbursement procedures : getting paid -- Hospital billing and the UB-04. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781437717709 1437717705 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010013350 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>101527412  DNLM 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Health insurance claims--United States.<br/>Health insurance--United States.<br/>Insurance, Health.<br/>Forms and Records Control--methods.<br/>Medical Records Systems, Computerized.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HG9386.5  / BEI 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>368.38/200973 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>W 100  / BEI 2011