New opportunities for the legal nurse consultant in the insurance industry.
The United States Census Bureau reported that 249.5 million Americans had health insurance in 2006 (DeNavas, 2007). Working within the health insurance industry provides the legal nurse consultant (LNC) an opportunity to use her clinical knowledge and skills as well as acquire a new set of skills. e...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Legal Nurse Consulting Vol. 19; no. 4; pp. 9 - 15 |
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| Formato: | tables/charts Journal Article |
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American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants
Fall2008
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| Sumario: | The United States Census Bureau reported that 249.5 million Americans had health insurance in 2006 (DeNavas, 2007). Working within the health insurance industry provides the legal nurse consultant (LNC) an opportunity to use her clinical knowledge and skills as well as acquire a new set of skills. experience in the insurance industry helps train the LNC to work in a variety of roles -- including case manager, utilization reviewer, medical policy coordinator, and medical bill auditor -- as well as prepares the LNC to serve as an expert witness with both plantiff and defense firms on cases involving health insurance. |
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