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Explain the relationship between each of the different steps.

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Refer to Ch. 13 of Medical Insurance and previous assignments from that chapter as a resource. Visit Microsoft® Help (http://support.microsoft.com/) for assistance with questions related to creating a flow chart in Microsoft® Word.

 

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 260- to 350-word explanation for the following:

 

  • Identify the purpose for each step in claim adjudication process.
  • Explain the relationship between each of the different steps.
  • Provide a one-sentence summary describing how claims adjudication is important to the medical billing process.

Post your flow chart and explanation as an attachment.

Describe how a consumer's attitudes and beliefs about CAM could hinder objective assessments of reliability and credibility in CAM

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Create a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation on a methodology you create for assessing credibility and reliability of an Internet source of CAM information. Include detailed speaker notes and reference citations. Describe how a consumer’s attitudes and beliefs about CAM could hinder objective assessments of reliability and credibility in CAM. Create five objective criteria to judge the credibility and reliability of a source of information on CAM. Select a CAM therapy or modality, and research the Internet for websites on this therapy or modality. Be sure to not use the same therapy you used for the CAM paper. Then, perform the following: 
  • Describe the therapy.
  • Examine the type of training or education that is required.
  • Discuss whether a license or certification is required to practice this therapy.
  • Identify the overseeing or regulating organization for this therapy.
Using your criteria, review one of the websites and determine how reliable the site is for CAM information.
  • Explain how you reached your conclusion about the website. Consider using a grading scale or grid for this exercise.
  • Describe steps the website could take to increase its credibility.
Present the Assessing Reliability and Credibility of CAM ResourcesPresentation.  
  • For Local Campus students, these may be (at the discretion of faculty) oral presentations accompanied by Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentations.
  • For Online and Directed Study students, these are Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentations with speaker notes. 
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