Medical Billing Training Course | Manuals
ClaimTek's Comprehensive Medical Billing Training Course
Start your new medical billing business on the right track! Comprehensive, easy
and fun to read, these medical billing training manuals includes everything you
need to know about medical billing and starting your business. Our medical billing
course covers marketing & advertising training too! These manuals will guide you
step-by-step through the process of setting up your own Medical Billing Company!
These are the most comprehensive medical billing training manuals available!
Setting Up Your Business and Getting Started...
- INTRODUCTION TO THE MEDICAL BILLING BUSINESS
- WHY MEDICAL BILLING?
- A NOTE ABOUT TERMINOLOGY
- SIZE OF THE MEDICAL BILLING MARKET
- THE BENEFITS OF A MEDICAL BILLING BUSINESS
- INCOME POTENTIAL
- FIRST STEPS - SETTING UP YOUR BUSINESS
- SETTING UP YOUR OFFICE
- MARKETING YOUR BUSINESS - OVERVIEW
- MARKETING STEP 1 - IDENTIFY THE SPECIFIC MARKET FOR YOU
- MARKETING STEP 2 - UNDERSTANDING MEDICAL OFFICES
- MARKETING STEP 3 - FIVE STRATEGIES TO GET AN APPOINTMENT WITH POTENTIAL CLIENTS
- CHOOSING THE RIGHT MIX OF MARKETING STRATEGIES
- MAKING THE SALES PRESENTATION
- SIGNING THE CONTRACT
- PRICING YOUR MEDICAL BILLING SERVICES
- ANCILLARY SERVICES YOU CAN OFFER
- ONCE YOU HAVE SIGNED A CLIENT
Understanding Health Insurance...
- INTRODUCTION TO THE HEALTH INSURANCE INDUSTRY
- THE BASICS OF HEALTH INSURANCE
- THE TYPES OF HEALTH INSURANCE
- HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS (HMOs)
- PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS (PPOs)
- BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD
- COORDINATION OF BENEFITS
- MEDICARE
- MEDIGAP SUPPLEMENTAL INSURANCE
- MEDICAID
- OTHER GOVERNMENT INSURANCE
- COBRA
Medical Coding and Fees...
- MEDICAL BILLING TRAINING - CODING
- ICD-9 CODES
- THE CPT-4 CODES
- THE HCPCS PROCEDURE CODING SYSTEM
- HOW MEDICAL BILLING FEES ARE ESTABLISHED
- COST CONTROL AND REVIEW SYSTEMS
- DENTAL BILLING CODING AND FEES
- MEDICAL BILLING CODING EXERCISES
How to Process Medical Claims...
- WHAT TO DO ONCE YOU HAVE CLIENTS
- SETTING UP THE DOCTOR'S ACCOUNT AT THE CLEARINGHOUSE
- SETTING UP THE DOCTOR'S DATABASE IN YOUR SOFTWARE
- GETTING THE DATA ON THE SUPERBILL
- FILING YOUR FIRST BATCH OF CLAIMS
- FILING CLAIMS ON PAPER UNTIL YOUR DOCTOR IS AUTHORIZED FOR ELECTRONIC CLAIMS
- FILING CLAIMS ELECTRONICALLY
- SETTING UP A REGULAR SCHEDULE TO FILE CLAIMS
- COMPLETING STANDARD DENTAL CLAIM FORMS
- FORMS YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THE DOCTOR HAS ON FILE
- UNPROCESSABLE CLAIMS
- MONITORING CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT
Billing, Auditing, Collections, and Other Services...
- FULL PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
- PREPARING PATIENT STATEMENTS
- HANDLING PHONE CALLS FROM PATIENTS
- HANDLING COLLECTIONS
- SPECIAL COLLECTION PROBLEMS
- USING A COLLECTION AGENCY
- FILING IN SMALL CLAIMS COURT
- DOING PREAUTHORIZATION AND PREDETERMINATION SERVICES
- THE BASICS OF HIPAA
Complete Directory of Medical Terms...
- APPENDIX 1: MEDICAL SPECIALTIES
- APPENDIX 2: STATE DEPARTMENTS OF INSURANCE/ STATE INSURANCE COMMISSIONERS
- APPENDIX 3: STATE MEDICARE CARRIERS
- APPENDIX 4: STATE MEDICAID OFFICES
- APPENDIX 5: FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ACT DISTRICT OFFICES
- APPENDIX 6: ESSENTIAL REFERENCE MATERIALS
- APPENDIX 7: PLACE OF SERVICE (POS) CODES AND DEFINITIONS
- APPENDIX 8: HCFA-1500 TYPE OF SERVICE (TOS) CODES
- APPENDIX 9: COMPARISON OF HOW TO FILE PAPER CLAIMS FOR COMMERCIAL INSURANCE VS.
MEDICARE / MEDICAID
- APPENDIX 10: THE FIVE LAWS OF HIPAA
- APPENDIX 11: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT HIPAA
Our medical billing course covers far more than the technical understanding of the
medical billing business. You'll be trained on the marketing, billing and software.