Workbook for Health Insurance Today: A Practical Approach

Workbook for Health Insurance Today: A Practical Approach

<p>Corresponding to the chapters in <i>Health Insurance Today, 5<SUP>th</SUP> Edition</i>, this workbook gives you practice with 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 exercises challenge you to apply your knowledge to real-world situations.</p><ul><b><li>Performance objectives</b> include hands-on, application-based learning activities with 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.</li><li><b>Critical<i> </i>thinking activities</b> strengthen your ability to apply health insurance concepts to a variety of challenging situations.</li><li><b><i>Defining Chapter Terms </i>activities</b> help you review and understand key terms in each chapter.</li><li><b>Chapter assessments</b> test your knowledge of text content with multiple choice, true/false, short answer, fill-in-the-blank, and matching questions.</li><li><b>Problem solving/collaborative (group) activities</b> emphasize the importance of teamwork in the health care field.</li><li><b>Case studies</b> ask you to solve a real-world problem related to health insurance, such as completing a CMS-1500 claim form or explaining how HIPAA could affect someone recently out of work.</li><li><b>Application exercises</b> ask you to apply your knowledge and skills to real-world situations.</li><li><b>In-class projects and discussion topics</b> enhance your understanding of specific content from the text.</li><li><b><i>Internet Exploration</i> exercises</b> in each chapter help you learn how to perform research online.</li></ul><ul><b><li>NEW! Key coverage of new topics</b> includes Medicare, Electronic Health Records, and Version 5010.</li><li><b>UPDATED! Additional ICD-10 coding content</b> prepares you for the upcoming switch to the new coding system in October 2015.</li><li><b>NEW! Content on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act </b>ensures you stay current on these significant healthcare system changes.</li></ul>