MEDICAL BILLING HANDBOOK (1 BK./1 CD-ROM)
Description :
For anyone interested in entering into the medical billing field or professionals currently practicing within it.
Written by the founder and Executive Director of the National Electronic Billers Association (NEBA), the largest medical billing organization in the country, this book is a comprehensive and authoritative overview of medical billing as a business. Merry Schiff, a renown teacher of thousands of students, brings her understanding and teaching skills to the market.
Medical Billing Handbook leaves no question unanswered. A comprehensive approach provides information on all aspect of the business including; policies, procedures, manual and electronic processes, HIPAA, and managing the business.
Contents :
1.PREFACE
2.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
3.Guide to Medical Insurance
4.ICD-9-CM Coding / 5.E/M Guidelines
6.Medicare Billing Guide
7.Collecting Medical Claims Information
8.Processing Claims Manually and Electronically
9.Credit Policies, Billing Procedures, and Making Collections
10.Ancillary Services
11.HIPAA and Privacy Regulations / 12.Setting Up Your Own Business
13.Marketing Your Medical Claims-Billing Service
APPENDIX A: Abbreviations, Acronyms, Combining Forms; Prefixes and Suffixes
APPENDIX B: The Billing Expert Says / APPENDIX C: Insurance Departments
APPENDIX D: Collection Letters / APPENDIX E: Web Sites
APPENDIX F: Miscellaneous Forms / APPENDIX G: Glossary
APPENDIX H: Answer Key to End-of-Chapter Questions / APPENDIX I: Coding Exercises
INDEX
