Reimbursement management
Subtitle: improving the success and profitability of your practice
By: Coker Group
Contributors: American Medical Association
Publisher: American Medical Association
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9781603592932
Subjects: Medical Practice Management; Management; Practice; Economics; Organization & administration; Reimbursement Mechanisms; Medicine; Economic aspects
Description: "This book provides current resources for supporting the medical practice through reimbursement management. Resources include a comprehensive Glossary, Online Resources, Medicare Intermediaries by State, Prompt Pay Statutes and Regulations, Refund Recoupment Statutes, and multiple sample letters for dealiing with reimbursement challenges and issues"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Health insurance basics; title: Getting paid what you deserve : strategies for payer contracting and optimal reimbursement; title: Pay for performance and quality initiatives; title: Basics of coding; title: Revenue cycle management : front-end processes; title: Back-office processes; title: Appeals and reviews; title: Benchmarking and monitoring reimbursement; title: Billing and reimbursement for ancillary services; title: Compliance programs; title: Information technology and reimbursement : the role of information systems in the revenue cycle