Understanding Health Insurance

$94.08

Understanding Health Insurance is a unique product because it provides step-by-step instructions as to the completion of the HCFA-1500 insurance claim form. An easy to understand book, it contains a number of case studies that are used to provide insurance claims completion practice. This practice is accomplished manually, through completion of paper claims, and electronically, through use of a CD-ROM that accompanies the textbook.– A step-by step approach to claims form completion is taken in the textbook, as it walks users through the confusing task of completing insurance claims forms.– Each insurance chapter contains case studies for the purpose of guiding the user through the completion process; chapters contain numerous coding scenarios for practice, and the appendices and CD-ROM contain additional case studies for practice in claim form completion.– The CD-ROM provides an opportunity for practice in electronic data entry for claims processing purposes. A unique feature of the disk is the three methods by which claims can be entered-blank form mode (just like a provider’s office), self study mode (feedback is provided as data is entered), and test mode (a beneficial feature for educators who will use the cases as quizzes and examinations during class-feedback is provided at the end of data entry of a case).

The New Health Insurance Solution: How to Get Cheaper, Better Coverage Without a Traditional Employer Plan

$17.96

From the Publisher: Since 1945, most Americans have received health insurance directly from their employer. That is about to change. Starting this Fall, employers will be telling millions of employees: go buy your own health insurance, and we will pay for it, or, here is up to $5000, use it to pay for your basic medical expenses, and you get to keep any of that money you don’t spend. The problem that this book solves is that employees don’t know what Health Savings Accounts are, or how to buy their own health insurance, and they don’t know how to shop intelligently for doctors, drugs or health care. This trend is called Consumer Directed Healthcare, and according to a recent cover story in BusinessWeek magazine, by next year 730f US employers will be offering health savings accounts to their employees. Next January 10 million government employees will become eligible for health savings accounts. Over the next five years it is estimated that 32 million people will sign up for some form of consumer directed health care. What this means is that for the first time, millions of Americans will be motivated to be as smart about health care shopping as they are about grocery shopping. Paul Pilzer’s book will explain to them what their options are, why the new consumer directed health plans are better, safer, and cheaper than traditional employer-sponsored health insurance, and how the average family can save $5000 a year or more, on health care costs. This book will teach you how to: (1)Immediately save your family $5, 000 - $15, 000 each year even if you are healthy (2)Get affordable health insurance for you and your family for the rest of yourlife (3)Get better medical care for less money than you are currently paying (4)Save 500n prescription drugs (5) Accumulate up to $1 million or more for future medical or retirement expense with a Health Savings Account (6) Protect yourself and your family inheritance from devastating medical and nursing home expenses when you are older

The Theory of Social Health Insurance

$80.00

The Theory of Social Health Insurance develops the theory of social health insurance also known as public health insurance. While a good deal is known about the demand and supply of private insurance, the theoretical basis of social health insurance is much more fragile. The Theory of Social Health Insurance examines questions including why does social health insurance exist and even dominate private health insurance in most developed countries? What are the objectives and constraints of social health insurance managers? What is the likely outcome or performance of social health insurance? The Theory of Social Health Insurance reviews the conventional theory of demand for insurance and health insurance, the supply of health insurance in general and social health insurance in particular, the properties of the optimal health insurance contract, and whether there are factors limiting the growth of social health insurance.

Lives at Risk: Single-Payer National Health Insurance in Countries Around the World

$26.95

Lives at Risk identifies 20 myths about health care as delivered in countries that have national health insurance. These myths have gained the status of fact in both the United States and abroad, even though the evidence shows a far different reality. The authors also explore the political and economic climate of the health care system and offer alternatives to the current health care public policies.

Understanding Health Insurance: A Guide to Professional Billing

$102.99

The seventh edition of Understanding Health Insurance: A Guide to Professional Billing offers a comprehensive guide for those learning about health insurance claims processing and reimbursement issues.

Private Voluntary Health Insurance in Development: Friend or Foe

$27.00

Private voluntary health insurance already plays an important role in the health sector of many low and middle income countries. The book reviews the context under which private insurance could contribute to an improvement in the financial sustainability of the health sector, financial protection against the costs of illness, household income smoothing, access to care, and market productivity. This volume is the third in aseries of in-depth reviews of the role of health care financing in providing access for low-income populations to needed healthcare, protecting them from the impoverishing effects of illness, and addressing the important issues of social exclusion in government financed programs.

Understanding Health Insurance Package

$122.95

Understanding Health Insurance Package

Expansion of Publicly Funded Health Insurance in the United States: The Children’s Health Insurance Program (Chips) and Its Implications

$60.00

Expansion of Publicly Funded Health Insurance in the United States introduces the issues, policies, and future concerns of health care within the United States to scholars of social sciences. Through research and outreach projects with the Child Health Insurance Program, Jennie Jacobs Kronenfield expresses concerns with the United States health care system with a focus on government regulations in conjunction with the health care of children and less affluent Americans.

Workbook to Accompany Understanding Health Insurance

$29.95

Workbook to Accompany Understanding Health Insurance

Understanding Health Insurance: A Guide to Billing and Reimbursement

$95.93

Understanding Health Insurance: A Guide to Billing and Reimbursement, 8th Edition is a comprehensive source for learning the subject of health insurance and reimbursement. The book contains chapters on introductory information on the health insurance field, managed health care, legal and regulatory issues, coding systems, reimbursement methodologies, coding for medical necessity, and common health insurance plans. Each chapter contains exercises to illustrate content and reinforce learning. Numerous opportunities are provided throughout the book for manual completion of CMS-1500 claims. A CD-ROM at the back of the book allows for electronic data entry of CMS-1500 claim form information. End of chapter review questions in objective format (e.g., multiple choice) test learners on their understanding of book content. This edition of the book contains the most up to date information regarding health insurance claims processing and coding and reimbursement issues.

Falling Through the Safety Net: Insurance Status and Access to Health Care

$32.98

This book describes the history and structure of health insurance in the U.S. and relates existing patterns of insurance coverage to important variations in the use of health services and patient outcomes. The forewaord was written by Hllary Rodham Clinton.

Health Insurance - A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet Refe

$28.95

This is a 3-in-1 reference book. It gives a complete medical dictionary covering hundreds of terms and expressions relating to health insurance. It also gives extensive lists of bibliographic citations. Finally, it provides information to users on how to update their knowledge using various Internet resources. The book is designed for physicians, medical students preparing for Board examinations, medical researchers, and patients who want to become familiar with research dedicated to health insurance.If your time is valuable, this book is for you. First, you will not waste time searching the Internet while missing a lot of relevant information. Second, the book also saves you time indexing and defining entries. Finally, you will not waste time and money printing hundreds of web pages.

The New Health Insurance Solution: How to Get Cheaper, Better Coverage Without a Traditional Employer Plan

$10.54

PAUL ZANE PILZER is a world-renowned economist, a former advisor in two White House administrations, an entrepreneur/employer, an award-winning adjunct professor at NYU, and a New York Times bestselling author.

Mandate for 21st Century America:: Universal Health Insurance

$19.95

Mandate for 21st Century America:: Universal Health Insurance

Insurance Dictionary: What Means What When It Comes to Life, Health, Business, Home, Auto and Other Coverages

$8.78

Insurance Dictionary: What Means What When It Comes to Life, Health, Business, Home, Auto and Other Coverages

Science of Eating How to Insure Stamina, Endurance, Vigor, Strength and Health in Infancy, Youth and

$20.97

The relationship of natural food to health and life. The author has personal experience of the food industry and deplores the processing involved in the making of depraved foods. In this revised and enlarged edition, the author has incorporated a schedule of ideal food combinations for children over the age of three years. He holds that the true conditions now so completely hidden from the public view and so rarely referred to in the public press must be exposed in order that the public, guided by the dictates of common sense and an adequate realization of economic facts concerning the food supply of America, may successfully wage war against abuses which threaten the very foundations of national health and prosperity.

Social Health Insurance (Social Security Vol. V)

$24.95

This is the fifth and final in a Series of five manuals produced by the Social Security Department of the ILO to provide the reader with information on all the major elements of social security, including the principles, administration, financing, pension schemes and social health insurance. It provides an overview of social health insurance schemes and looks at the development of health care policies and feasibility issues. In addition, it also examines the design of health insurance schemes, health care benefits, financing and costs, and organization as well as considering the operational and strategic information requirements. Other manuals in this series: - Social security principles (Vol. I) - Administration of social security (Vol. II) - Social security financing (Vol. III) - Pension schemes (Vol. IV)

A Guide to Health Insurance Billing

$66.86

A Guide to Health Insurance Billing, Second Edition is an introduction to medical billing, covering everything from patient registration to claims submission, with an emphasis on HIPAA issues. This valuable resource includes introductory concepts, examples, and application exercises designed to show you the basics of insurance billing. You will become familiar with health insurance terminology, understand the legal implications of insurance billing, develop a basic understanding of medical coding systems, and accurately complete insurance claim forms.

Bonus Options in Health Insurance

$159.00

Confronted with the continuing cost expansion in the health care sector, policy makers face a dilemma: limiting moral hazard in medical care requires that consumers participate in the cost, yet copayment is strongly resisted by today’s socially insured. Thus, the experiences of three private German health insurers will be of interest to physicians, social scientists, and policy makers. Insurer A writes conventional plans with deductibles and coinsurance; B pays back three-monthly premiums as a fixed rebate for no claims; while C runs an experience-rated bonus system starting with a rebate of three-monthly premiums for the first year without a claim, reaching a maximum of five after three years. While both rebates and bonuses are quite popular among insureds, this study shows that bonus options are particularly effective in limiting the demand for ambulatory and even hospital care. But what about adverse effects on health caused by the desire to save one’s bonus? On this issue, there is some surprising evidence.

Dictionary of Health Insurance and Managed Care

$33.78

Designated a Doody’’s Core Title! To keep up with the ever-changing field of health care, we must learn new and re-learn old terminology in order to correctly apply it to practice. By bringing together the most up-to-date abbreviations, acronyms, definitions, and terms in the health care industry, the Dictionary offers a wealth of essential information that will help you understand the ever-changing policies and practices in health insurance and managed care today. For Further Information, Please Click Here!

Weiss Ratings’ Guide to HMOs and Health Insurers: A Quarterly Compilation of Health Insurance Company Ratings and Analyses

$276.67

Weiss Ratings’ Guide to HMOs and Health Insurers: A Quarterly Compilation of Health Insurance Company Ratings and Analyses

Social Health Insurance for Developing Nations

$15.56

Specialist groups have often advised health ministers and other decisionmakers in developing countries on the use of social health insurance (SHI) as a way of mobilizing revenue for health, reforming health sector performance, and providing universal coverage. This book reviews the specific design and implementation challenges facing SHI in low and middle-income countries and presents case studies on Ghana, Kenya, Philippines, Columbia, and Thailand.

One Nation, Uninsured: Why the U.S. Has No National Health Insurance

$9.92

Every industrial nation in the world guarantees its citizens access to essential health care services–every country, that is, except the United States. In fact, one in eight Americans–a shocking 43 million people–do not have any health care insurance at all. One Nation, Uninsured offers a vividly written history of America’s failed efforts to address the health care needs of its citizens. Covering the entire twentieth century, Jill Quadagno shows how each attempt to enact national health insurance was met with fierce attacks by powerful stakeholders, who mobilized their considerable resources to keep the financing of health care out of the government’s hands. Quadagno describes how at first physicians led the anti-reform coalition, fearful that government entry would mean government control of the lucrative private health care market. Doctorslobbied legislators, influenced elections by giving large campaign contributions to sympathetic candidates, and organized grassroots protests, conspiring with other like-minded groups to defeat reform efforts. As the success of Medicare and Medicaid in the mid-century led physicians and the AMA tostart scaling back their attacks, the insurance industry began assuming a leading role against reform that continues to this day. One Nation, Uninsured offers a sweeping history of the battles over health care. It is an invaluable read for anyone who has a stake in the future of America’s health care system.

Health Care and Insurance: Distortions in the Financing of Medical Expenditures

$32.98

Health Care and Insurance: Distortions in the Financing of Medical Expenditures

Fight Back and Win: How to Get HMOs and Health Insurance to Pay Up

$6.74

The health care system in this country is broke; and more than ever, the evidence supports the contention that managed health care providers care more about healthy profits than healthy people.FIGHT BACK AND WIN is a practical how-to for all those Americans who worry that their heath care coverage won’t be there when they need it.Chapters include: *How to Get Your HMO to Pay Up * Bothersome HMO Traps to Watch Out For * Practical Tips to Follow so that You Don’t End Up in an HMO Dispute * Legal Tips to Follow if Your Claim Is Denied * How Ordinary People Fought HMOs. . .and Won * Answers to the 9 Most Commonly Asked Coverage Questions * The Awful ERISA Scandal * Sample Letter to Your Member of Congress * Insurance Traps that Can Effectively Cancel Your Coverage * What Your Insurance Company Won’t Tell You *What to Do if an Insurance Company Tries to Rescind Your Policy and more.