Get the Money in the Door: Physician Billing Basics

Medical office insurance staff members play a critical role in any practice. They understand perhaps more than anyone that their role is to get the money in the door. This book provides billing basics to help build and maintain a solid financial foundation for the medical practice. Readers will learn critical basics regarding: fundamentals of health care insurance in the United States billing and payment process overview, revenue cycle elements, medical practice staff member duties how they fit into the revenue cycle, Medical office insurance staff member tasks fundamentals of health care insurance in the United States, billing and payment process overview, revenue cycle elements medical practice staff member duties how they fit into the revenue cycle, medical office insurance staff member tasks, Useful for staff, practice managers, and executives, Get the Money in the Door serves as: an insurance primer and personal handbook for insurance staff members; a teaching and hiring tool for practice managers with direct responsibility for insurance departments; an insurance primer and personal handbook; for insurance staff members; and a teaching and hiring tool for practice managers with direct responsibility for insurance departments. The book includes 25 real-life scenarios, each describing actual situations that medical insurance staff members face every day, and options on how to handle each one; a glossary of terms useful for medical insurance staff members; and a discussion of modifiers and place-of-service codes.