New Features

Patient Billing teaches transferable skills. Through studying how to use Medisoft Advanced, Version 14, students develop the skills, terminology, and knowledge to quickly learn to use any medical billing software they encounter during employment in medical offices.

Updated Medisoft Advanced software applications for Version 14 which is available from McGraw-Hill. Please contact your McGraw-Hill representative.

Updated information relative to government regulations and industry regulations.

For additional practice with claims case studies, an excellent follow-up text to Patient Billing 7e is Sanderson/Case Studies for the Medical Office 5e (ISBN 0-07-340200-1).

Retained Features

The organization of the book: an introduction, a training part, and an application part, builds student skill and confidence. The instructional pattern in Part 2, Tutorial: brief concept coverage followed by immediate exercises, is highly effective in skill building and reinforcement. Part 3, Simulation: tests knowledge in application mode.

Examples in the text represent a realistic mix of HMO, PPO, and fee-for-service billing cases.

Includes HIPAA tips and concepts.

The print Instructor's Manual includes all of the resources needed to effectively teach the course, including installation and troubleshooting of the software, detailed information to assist students as they work through the tutorial, teaching suggestions, and a Simulation Assessment Test. The Instructor's Manual also includes an Instructor Productivity Center in CD-ROM format that provides test banks and PowerPoint slides. The Online Learning Center also has resources for the instructor.