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HCR 230 Course tutorial/ indigohelp

HCR 230 Course tutorial

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HCR 230 Course tutorial/ indigohelp

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  1. HCR 230Course Tutorial For more Classes VISIT www.indigohelp.com

  2. HCR 230Course Tutorial • HCR 230 Entire Course • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • HCR 230 Week 1 CheckPoint Comparing Cost Control Strategies • HCR 230 Week 1 CheckPoint Ramifications of Participation Contracts • HCR 230 Week 1 Assignment Features of Private Payer and Consumer-Driven Health Plans • HCR 230 Week 2 DQ 1and DQ 2 • HCR 230 Week 2 CheckPoint Summarizing the Medigap Program • HCR 230 Week 3 CheckPoint Working with Medicaid • HCR 230 Week 3 assignment welfare reforms act

  3. HCR 230Course Tutorial • HCR 230 Week 1 Assignment Features of Private Payer and Consumer-Driven Health Plans • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Assignment: Features of Private Payer and Consumer-Driven Health Plans • Resources: Table 9.1 on p. 293 of Medical Insurance, Table 9.2 on p. 296 of Medical Insurance, and the U.S. Treasurer’s Office and Oregon Blue Cross/Blue Shield Web sites • Due Date: Day 7 [post to the Assignment Folder]

  4. HCR 230Course Tutorial • HCR 230 Week 1 CheckPoint Comparing Cost Control Strategies • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Post a 200- to 300-word response to the following: Compare cost control strategies of employer-sponsored (employers buy from insurance companies) to self-funded (employers cover costs of benefits) health plans. Include the following factors: • Riders • Enrollment periods • Provider networks

  5. HCR 230Course Tutorial • HCR 230 Week 1 CheckPoint Ramifications of Participation Contracts • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Resource: Ch. 9 (pp. 304-305) of Medical Insurance • Due Date: Day 4 [post to the Individual forum] • Discuss how participation contracts represent financial opportunities for providers. What are positive and negative ramifications of discounted fee-for-service arrangements? Explain your answers in 200 to 300 words

  6. HCR 230Course Tutorial • HCR 230 Week 2 CheckPoint Summarizing the Medigap Program • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Indigohelp is a online tutorial store we provides HCR 230 Week 2 CheckPoint Summarizing the Medigap Program

  7. HCR 230Course Tutorial • HCR 230 Week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2 • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Discussion Question 1 • Due Date: Day 2 [Main forum] • Post your response to the following: Explain whether or not you believe Medicare’s eligibility limitations are reasonable in scope. • 4. Discussion Question 2 • Due Date: Day 4 [Main forum] • Post your response to the following: In your opinion, what potential positive and negative ramifications could result from offering payment incentives for physician participation in Medicare programs? Explain your answers and provide examples from this week’s Internet and ERR readings located on your student web page

  8. HCR 230Course Tutorial • HCR 230 Week 3 assignment welfare reforms act • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Assignment: The Welfare Reform Act • Due Date: Day 7 [to the Assignment Folder] • Write a 750- to 1,050-word paper discussing the positive and negative implications of the Welfare Reform Act of 1996 on Medicaid. Respond to one or more of the following questions in your paper: • Did the Welfare Reform Act cause existing Medicaid beneficiaries to lose necessary coverage? • Do eligible Medicaid candidates sometimes remain un-enrolled even though they are needy as a result of the Welfare Reform Act?

  9. HCR 230Course Tutorial • HCR 230 Week 3 CheckPoint Working with Medicaid • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • CheckPoint: Working with Medicaid • Resources: Ch. 11 (pp. 374-375, 385-386) of Medical Insurance and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Web site. • Due Date: Day 4 [to the Assignment Folder] • Refer to U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Web site at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/home/medicaid.asp • Select Medicaid Program - General Information.

  10. HCR 230Course Tutorial • HCR 230 Week 4 Assignment The TRICARE Program • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • CheckPoint: Describing TRICARE • Resources: Appendix B and Ch. 12 (pp. 399-404, 409-411) of Medical Insurance • Due Date: Day 5 [to the Assignment Folder] • Refer to Appendix B for guidance on presentations and the Microsoft® Help and Support Web site for assistance with questions related to PowerPoint® at http://support.microsoft.com/ • Create a 5- to 8-slide PowerPoint® presentation that describes features of the TRICARE program

  11. HCR 230Course Tutorial • HCR 230 Week 4 DQ 1 and DQ 2 • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Due Date: Day 2 [Main forum] • Post your response to the following: Based on eligibility and cost sharing requirements, what are the financial advantages for either providers or patients participating in the TRICARE program? How do annual limits (catastrophic caps) affect patients’ cost sharing requirements? Explain your answers. • 3. Discussion Question 2 • Due Date: Day 4 [Main forum] • Post your response to the following: Explain whether or not you believe CHAMPVA provides an adequate level of health insurance for participants.

  12. HCR 230Course Tutorial • HCR 230 Week 5 Assignment Understanding Work-Related Injuries • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Assignment: Understanding Work-Related Injuries • Resources: Appendix C and Ch. 13 (pp. 425- 427) of Medical Insurance • Due Date: Day 7 [to the Assignment Folder] • Compose a 750- to 1,050-word response describing the workers’ compensation claim process. Include the following information in your answer: • Overall description of the workers’ compensation claims process • Responsibilities of the employee, employer, physician, and insurance carrier

  13. HCR 230Course Tutorial • HCR 230 Week 5 CheckPoint Characteristics of Workers Compensation Plans • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • CheckPoint: Characteristics of Workers’ Compensation Plans • Resources: Ch. 13 (pp. 423-424) of Medical Insurance and the U.S. Department of Labor Web site • Due Date: Day 4 [to the Assignment Folder]

  14. HCR 230Course Tutorial • HCR 230 Week 6 CheckPoint Purpose of the General Appeals • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • CheckPoint: Purpose of the General Appeals Process • Resource: Ch. 14 (p. 463) of Medical Insurance • Due Date: Day 5 [to the Assignment Folder] • Use the Internet to locate three additional examples of claims errors and classify them according the categories noted on page 463 of your textbook.

  15. HCR 230Course Tutorial • HCR 230 Week 6 DQ 1 and DQ 2 • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Post your response to the following: Do you believe the RA/EOB is an effective method of communicating claim adjudication information to patients? When you have received an RA/EOB in the mail, is it easy or difficult to understand? What suggestions could you make to improve patient-payer communication regarding the claim adjudication process? Explain your answers.

  16. HCR 230Course Tutorial • HCR 230 Week 7 Assignment Understanding the Collection Process • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Assignment: Understanding the Collection Process • Resources: Ch. 15 (pp. 494-505) of Medical Insurance and Microsoft® Help Web site • Due Date: Day 7 [to the Assignment Folder] • Suppose you are working in a medical office and are helping train a new billing specialist about collections. You decide that a job aid in the form of a flow chart would be a useful tool. • Refer to Microsoft® Help Web site at http://support.microsoft.com/ for questions related to creating a flow chart in Microsoft® Word.

  17. HCR 230Course Tutorial • HCR 230 Week 7 CheckPoint Effective Financial Policies amp Proced • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • CheckPoint: Effective Financial Policies and Procedures • Resources: Figures 15.1 and 15.2 (pp. 485-486) in Medical Insurance • Due Date: Day 4 [to the Assignment Folder] • Refer to Figure 15.1 and 15.2 in Medical Insurance.

  18. HCR 230Course Tutorial • HCR 230 Week 8 CheckPoint Inpatient and Outpatient Hospital Services • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • CheckPoint: Inpatient and Outpatient Hospital Services • Resource: Ch. 16 (pp. 513-514, 523-526) of Medical Insurance • Due Date: Day 5 [to the Assignment Folder] •  Post a 250- to 300-word response to the following: What are the major differences between inpatient and outpatient hospital services? Describe how these differences affect the coding process and provide examples

  19. HCR 230Course Tutorial • HCR 230 Week 8 DQ 1 and DQ 2 • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Discussion Question 1 • Due Date: Day 2 [Main forum] • Refer to your text and the following links to help you answer questions about written consent: • American Medical Association Web site at: http://archsurg.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/135/1/26.pdf • Integrated Publishing Web site at: http://www.tpub.com/content/medical/14295/css/14295_416.htm • Post your response to the following: What is the importance of obtaining written consent from patients prior to receiving medical treatment? What are the implications of failing to do so? Does a medical emergency alter the conditions of written consent? Why or why not? Explain your answers.

  20. HCR 230Course Tutorial • HCR 230 Week 9 Assignment Financial Policy DCSAA Finicial Policy • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Final Project: Design a Financial Policy • Resources: Appendix A and Figure 15.1 on p. 487 of Medical Insurance • Due Date: Day 7 [to the Assignment Folder] • Use critical thinking skills to complete your final project. These skills include suspending judgment and applying problem-solving skills and methods while conducting research. You will form evaluative decisions and provide your rationale after considering how you would design a medical office financial policy.

  21. HCR 230Course Tutorial • HCR 230 Week 9 Capstone Checkpoint • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Capstone CheckPoint • Resources: Appendix A, Chapter 14 (pp. 449-477) of Medical Insurance, and Microsoft® Help Web site • Due Date: Day 4 [to the Assignment Folder] • Refer to Chapter 14 of Medical Insurance and previous assignments from that chapter as a resource. Visit the Microsoft® Help link for assistance with questions related to creating a flow chart in Microsoft® Word at: http://support.microsoft.com/ • Create a flow chart using Microsoft® Word illustrating the five steps of the claims adjudication process from the time of initial processing through final payment. Include a brief 250- to 300-word explanation for the following: • Identify the purpose for each step in claim adjudication process.

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