Book Description

Corresponding to the chapters in Health Insurance Today, 7th Edition, 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. This edition expands its focus on case studies and the use of practice management software, adding more opportunities for application in the medical office. - 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, with Stop and Think exercises allowing you to apply critical thinking skills to solve a problem or answer a question. - 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 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. - 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 research online. - Defining Chapter Terms activities help you review and understand the key terms in each chapter. - NEW! Up-to-date information is included on all topics, including key topics like Medicare. - NEW and expanded case studies and Internet Exploration activities are added. - NEW! Additional performance objectives are included, using practice management software. - NEW! Updated charts and forms are included.