Practice medical coding and billing without leaving the classroom!
Virtual Medical Office for Insurance includes 15 virtual patient
encounters to help you develop the critical thinking and decision-making
skills you'll need to work as an insurance billing specialist. Virtual
Medical Office begins each study guide lesson with a reading
assignment from your text, and then provides online exercises for
practice with coding procedures and diagnoses, filing insurance claims,
problem solving for rejected claims, catching common coding errors, and
much more. VMO provides a safe environment in which you can practice
what you are learning in the text!
Duration for access to this product, which may be at the discretion of
your institution, is up to 24 months. Elsevier reserves the right to
restrict or remove access due to changes in product portfolio or other
market conditions.
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15 unique cases highlight CAAHEP and ABHES competencies with
exercises relating to different payers, different billing situations,
and common coding errors.
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Nearly two hours of video include five videos for each case: one
at check-in, three in the exam room, and one at checkout, providing
opportunities to practice and learn how patients are processed through
the medical office.
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Realistic data includes medical records for each case, an office
policy manual, a fee schedule, a daysheet, and more.
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A study guide (available in print and on Evolve):
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- Complements the textbook with lessons that correlate reading
assignments with patients in the virtual practice.
- Promotes active learning as you collect information from a
variety of sources to make coding and billing decisions.
- Encourages critical thinking as you sharpen problem-solving
skills and troubleshoot rejected claims.
- Offers proofreading practice by asking you to spot and correct
common coding errors, as in real practice.
- Augments knowledge of HIPAA by letting you compare the
policy manual, the contents of each case's medical record, and what
actually happens in the videos.
- Makes lessons available online, allowing you to complete
assignments and submit them electronically to your instructor.
- Focuses on key objectives through brief, manageable chunks of
information.
- introduces the VMO software with a detailed tour of the medical
office.
- Includes a detailed office tour to make it easier to use the VMO
software and the online study guide.
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UPDATED content reflects changes in the main text and in the
medical office.
