Administrative Healthcare Data: A Guide to Its Origin, Content, and Application Using SAS

Provides a concise yet complete foundational knowledge of the business of healthcare.

Administrative Healthcare Data: A Guide to Its Origin, Content, and Application Using SAS explains the source and content of administrative healthcare data, which is the product of financial reimbursement for healthcare services. The book integrates the business knowledge of healthcare data with practical and pertinent case studies as shown in SAS Enterprise Guide.

The book's blend of SAS programming and industry knowledge is unique. It illustrates concepts of administrative healthcare data with actual healthcare case studies. All applications are created with SAS Enterprise Guide or Base SAS and can be taken straight from the book and put to use immediately.

Central topics addressed include key players in the healthcare industry and the roles they play; claim submission mechanisms used by different providers; medical claim content, both pre- and post-adjudication. Written for healthcare analysts regardless of their level of proficiency with SAS Enterprise Guide, SAS programming, or healthcare industry knowledge, Administrative Healthcare Data is a must-read for analysts new to the industry and a great review for experienced healthcare analysts.

This book is part of the SAS Press program.

Craig Dickstein, an independent Consultant, works with clients and select project teams to implement customized business technology solutions for the healthcare industry. A SAS user since 1978, he has significant experience developing and managing SAS applications and teaching SAS programming for healthcare analysts. With a Master's degree in statistics, Craig served as Director of Statistical Services with Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Hampshire. He has a long history of SAS user group involvement and has been a frequent invited speaker. Craig is a co-author of Administrative Healthcare Data: A Guide to Its Origin, Content, and Application Using SAS for SAS Press and a Business Knowledge Series course author/instructor on the same subject for SAS Education.