Abstract

Corresponding to the chapters in Health Insurance Today, 5^th 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.

• Performance objectives 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.
• Critical thinking activities strengthen your ability to apply health insurance concepts to a variety of challenging situations.
• Defining Chapter Terms activities help you review and understand key terms in each chapter.
• Chapter assessments test your knowledge of text content with multiple choice, true/false, short answer, fill-in-the-blank, and matching questions.
• Problem solving/collaborative (group) activities emphasize the importance of teamwork in the health care 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.

• NEW! Key coverage of new topics includes Medicare, Electronic Health Records, and Version 5010.
• UPDATED! Additional ICD-10 coding content prepares you for the upcoming switch to the new coding system in October 2015.
• NEW! Content on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ensures you stay current on these significant healthcare system changes.