The physician billing process
Subtitle: avoiding potholes in the road to getting paid
By: Deborah Walker Keegan, Elizabeth W. Woodcock, Sara M. Larch.
Contributors: Woodcock, Elizabeth W.; Larch, Sara M.; Medical Group Management Association.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Medical Group Management Association
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Englewood, CO
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781568293394
Subjects: Medicine -- Practice -- Finance -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Medical offices -- Management -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Health insurance claims -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Accounts receivable -- Management -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Medical fees -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Practice Management, Medical -- economics; Fees, Medical; Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; Patient Credit and Collection -- organization & administration; Reimbursement Mechanisms -- organization & administration
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The changing reimbursement environment; title: The revenue cycle: an overview; title: Pothole 1: the patient financial clearance process; title: Pothole 2: the patient check-in and check-out processes; title: Pothole 3: the charge capture process; title: Pothole 4: the coding process; title: Pothole 5: the charge entry process; title: Pothole 6: the claims management process; title: Pothole 7: the patient statement process; title: Pothole 8: the payment and denial posting process; title: Pothole 9: the insurance follow-up process; title: Pothole 10: the denial management process; title: Pothole 11: the patient collections process; title: Pothole 12: the contract and reimbursement management process; title: Staffing the revenue cycle; title: Internal controls for the revenue cycle; title: The debate: centralize, decentralize, or outsource billing?; title: Leveraging technology to enhance the revenue cycle; title: Measuring and analyzing the revenue cycle; title: Regulations impacting the revenue cycle.