Understanding Health Insurance: A Guide to Billing and Reimbursement, 2025 Edition

Prepare students for successful careers in revenue management, medical billing or health insurance processing with Green's UNDERSTANDING HEALTH INSURANCE: A GUIDE TO BILLING AND REIMBURSEMENT, 2025 Edition. Updated annually, this reader-friendly resource highlights the latest developments in health insurance and revenue management as well as recent changes to ICD-10-CM, HCPCS Level II and CPT® codes and guidelines. Students will acquire valuable knowledge about health insurance, managed care, revenue management, legal and regulatory issues, coding systems, reimbursement and common health insurance plans. This text offers a range of print and digital options to best suit your classroom needs. The comprehensive MindTap online courseware includes specialized software for SimClaim CMS-1500 claim simulation, allowing for easy integration with your school's LMS and gradebook functionality.

Michelle Green has served as a full-time or adjunct faculty member since 2017. During Spring 2023, Green was named interim Program Director in the Health Information Technology department at Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica, New York. She was the SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Physical and Life Sciences department at the State University of New York College of Technology at Alfred for over 30 years. She has authored three popular textbooks related to coding, revenue management and health information management. An active member of the AAPC and American Health Information Management Association, Green has been recognized for her excellence in teaching as well as her significant contributions to the health information management profession. Her numerous accolades include the State University of New York Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, Alfred State College's Alumni Association Teacher of the Year, Who's Who Among America's Teachers, AHIMA's FORE Triumph Educator Award and NYHIMA’s Educator Award. In addition, she is a Registered Health Information Administrator, a fellow of the American Health Information Management Association and a Certified Professional Coder. She earned an MPS from Alfred University and a Bachelor of Science from Daemen College.