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Does Obama’s healthcare bill lower the cost of medical treatment?

Medical costs are outrageously expensive. Especially in medical equipment.

The problem as I can see it with your system in the US is PROFIT. Doctors want to make money out of sick people. So they charge you not just for their time and treatment but for their other expenses – ie people who couldn’t pay their bill, all their new equipment, their own pay rises, people whose insurance company wriggled out of paying etc etc.

As a UK citizen who has grown up with the NHS (National Health Service) this seems immoral to me. OK what would I know I’m “eurotrash” and a “socialist” (lol) according to your repubs. The NHS takes the “profit” element out of medical care. Doctors still get paid well for what they do, but they are not trying to fleece extra cash out of sick people to pay for their new car or new equipment or holiday in the bahamas. We also have private medical care alongside the NHS (something which many Americans don’t bother to find out) so those who can afford it can still choose to be ripped off by their doctors if they want to. But most people, especially those for whom private medical care would be unaffordable, can rest easy in the knowledge that they can seek treatment/advice at any time – without having to wait until they get so ill they need to go to Accident and Emergency!!! And money won’t be an issue.

I can’t see why sick people should be treated as “customers” or “consumers” at all. These terms to me apply to luxury items and medical treatment when you are sick is surely not a luxury!

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The Billion-Dollar Cottage Industry of Healthcare Billing $3.99 This is the eBook version of the printed book. This Element is an excerpt from Overhauling America's Healthcare Machine: Stop the Bleeding and Save Trillions (9780132173254) by Douglas A. Perednia. Available in print and digital formats.   America’s stunningly complex, insanely inefficient healthcare billing system: How it works–or, more precisely, doesn’t work.   No single aspect of the healthcare system is more inefficient, destructive, and harmful to the average American than the way in which medical services are currently priced, billed, and paid for. It is hard to conceive of a system that is harder to understand, more difficult to adhere to, more expensive to implement and operate, and less conducive to the public welfare than ours….

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Medical Billing & Coding Demystified by Burgos, Marilyn; Johnson, Donya; Keogh, James Edition ILL, 1 $22.99 Chapter 1: Introduction to Medical Billing and CodingChapter 2: Ethical and Legal Aspects of Medical BillingChapter 3: Medical Terminology and ProceduresChapter 4: Medical Office ProceduresChapter 5: Introduction to Diagnostic ProceduresChapter 6: Introduction to Procedural CodingChapter 7: Introduction to Insurance PlansChapter 8: The Insurance Claim CycleChapter 9: Billing and Coding Errors — How to Avoid ThemChapter 10: Strategies for Handling Claim DisputesChapter 11: Medical Billing Software Programs and SystemsChapter 12: Finding Employment in the Healthcare IndustryFINAL EXAMANSWERS TO QUIZ AND EXAM QUESTIONSINDEX

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Action Research in Nursing and Healthcare $39.95 Action Research is becoming more popular in nursing and healthcare. It is used by practitioners who want to better understand and improve the quality of their work, and by students who need to do a research project for their course. An Action Research approach enables evidence-based care and links research directly to practice, making it the ideal method for a researcher in these fields. This book introduces readers to Action Research by presenting its key concepts and backing these up with practical examples throughout, often drawn from the authors' own extensive experience. Topics include: – Action research to advance patient care – Collaborative working – Ethics – Participatory Action Research – Writing up and disseminating projects. Williamson, Bellman, and Webster – leading figures in the field – provide practical advice for using Action Research in healthcare settings, with patients and alongside other practitioners. Their book presents a flexible approach that can be adapted to researchers' real needs.

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Improving Healthcare Quality and Cost with Six Sigma $34.99 In this book four leading experts introduce Six Sigma from the standpoint of the healthcare professional, showing exactly how to implement it successfully in real-world environments. This hands-on, start-to-finish guidebook covers every facet of Six Sigma in healthcare, demonstrating its use through examples and case studies. The authors show Six Sigma at work in every area of the hospital: clinical, radiology, surgery, ICU, cardiovascular, laboratories, emergency, trauma, administrative services, staffing, billing, cafeteria, even central supply. Learn why Six Sigma can produce better results than other quality initiatives, how it brings new rigor and discipline to healthcare delivery, and how it can be used to sustain ongoing improvements for the long term. Comprehensive and user-friendly, this book will be indispensable to everyone concerned with quality or cost: administrators, managers, physicians, and quality specialists alike.

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Understanding Health Insurance: A Guide to Billing and Reimbursement, 11th Edition $94.99 Understanding Health Insurance, Eleventh Edition, is the essential learning tool you need when preparing for a career in medical insurance billing. This comprehensive and easy-to-understand text is fully-updated with the latest code sets and guidelines, and covers important topics in the field like managed care, legal and regulatory issues, coding systems, reimbursement methods, medical necessity, and common health insurance plans. The eleventh edition has been updated to include new legislation that affects healthcare, ICD-10-CM coding, implementing the electronic health record, the Medical Integrity Program (MIP), medical review process, and more. The practice exercises in each chapter provide plenty of review, and the accompanying workbook provides even more application-based assignments and additional case studies for reinforcement. Includes free online StudyWAREâ„¢ software that allows you to test your knowledge, free online SimClaimâ„¢ CMS-1500 claims completion software, and free-trial access to Ingenix’s EncoderPro.com—Expert encoder software.

The Practice of Medical Billing and Coding by Inc., ICDC Publishing Edition ILL,REV, 2 $12.99 Formally know as Exercises in Medical Billing and Coding, The Practice of Medical Billing and Coding, 2e, contains instructional training in the MediSoft Patient Accounting computer program, as well as a simulated work program to help you experience the real life situations that a medical biller experiences. This book is created for use as either a stand-alone text for those wishing to learn MediSoft, or in conjunction with ICDC Publishing's Guide to Medical Billing and Coding. Some of the exercises in the simulated work portion of the book are based upon concepts learned in the Guide to Medical Billing and Coding (i.e., procedure and diagnosis coding, privacy issues, etc.). While this book is complete in teaching the MediSoft patient accounting program, it should not be considered a complete text for learning medical billing. It is important that trainees not only learn to enter data into a computer billing program, but also to understand the concepts behind what they are entering. It is suggested that a trainee take a complete medical billing course prior to learning computerized billing with this book. The simulated work portion of this text incorporates concepts that are not taught by simple data entry, for example CPTâ and ICD-9 coding, privacy guidelines, patient record keeping, reception area duties, correspondence, and manual completion of claims. This text is designed to enable the student to work through the material at their own pace. In the simulated work portion, the outside margin of this text has been enlarged to allow room for taking notes and jotting down procedure and diagnosis codes.

The Practice of Medical Billing and Coding by Publishing Inc., ICDC Edition ILL,REV, 2 $49.49 Formally know as Exercises in Medical Billing and Coding, The Practice of Medical Billing and Coding, 2e, contains instructional training in the MediSoft Patient Accounting computer program, as well as a simulated work program to help you experience the real life situations that a medical biller experiences. This book is created for use as either a stand-alone text for those wishing to learn MediSoft, or in conjunction with ICDC Publishing's Guide to Medical Billing and Coding. Some of the exercises in the simulated work portion of the book are based upon concepts learned in the Guide to Medical Billing and Coding (i.e., procedure and diagnosis coding, privacy issues, etc.). While this book is complete in teaching the MediSoft patient accounting program, it should not be considered a complete text for learning medical billing. It is important that trainees not only learn to enter data into a computer billing program, but also to understand the concepts behind what they are entering. It is suggested that a trainee take a complete medical billing course prior to learning computerized billing with this book. The simulated work portion of this text incorporates concepts that are not taught by simple data entry, for example CPTâ and ICD-9 coding, privacy guidelines, patient record keeping, reception area duties, correspondence, and manual completion of claims. This text is designed to enable the student to work through the material at their own pace. In the simulated work portion, the outside margin of this text has been enlarged to allow room for taking notes and jotting down procedure and diagnosis codes.

Codebusters Quick Guide to Coding and Billing Compliance for Medical Practices by Aalseth, Patricia T. Edition , 0 $26.49 With healthcare costs continuing to skyrocket, despite the efforts of managed care and other containment programs, third-party payers are scrutinizing every line of every claim for services. When questionable items are identified, the next step is usually a request for copies of your patient’s medical records in order to verify that services billed were actually provided. As a physician, whether in a large group or solo practice, you must understand how the coding and billing process works, and assure that all official guidelines are being followed by your staff. This book is a quick reference to the basics of coding for physician services, and provides checklists of questions for physicians and office staff. Also included are suggested resources for additional assistance with coding and billing problems.

Microsoft Office 2003 for Healthcare by Hashem, Ahmad; Perspection Inc. Edition ILL, 1 $30.49 Healthcare offices are busy places and healthcare professionals are busy people. Between constantly ringing phones and patients coming in and out, who has time to learn about Microsoft Office? Our helpful, step-by-step guide, Microsoft Office 2003 for Healthcare, is designed to be easy-to-read and single-task oriented for quick reference. Explore how you can use Microsoft Office 2003 to create patient charts, billing procedures and more. Also included is a troubleshooting guide to help you quickly solve problem, so you can maximize the time you spend delivering healthcare and minimize the time you have to spend on administrative duties.

Healthcare Informatics by Hanson, III, C. William Edition ILL, 1 $30.99 This resource offers a concise, plain-language review of all the major technologies and applications of informatics in health care today, including essentials such as clinical databases, billing, electronic patient records, lab tests, electronic prescriptions, and much more.

Math for Healthcare Professions by Asuncion, Louie; Donoho, Dexheimer Edition , 0 $15.99 Math for Healthcare Professionals is a must for any student or anyone working in the medical field. While written for the student, the book can be a refresher course for those re-entering the medical field or a simple guide to have on hand while working in the medical field. It is a book students can take with them as they progress in their chosen healthcare programs.I wanted to write this math book to give students a more directed and concise source of math-specific information to healthcare, said the author, Louie Asuncion.

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Practicing Profitability – Billing Network Effect for Revenue Cycle Control in Healthcare Clinics and Chiropractic Offices : Collections, Audit Risk, SOAP Notes $56.5 No Synopsis Available