An outsourced medical billing service provides the following services:
- Prepare claims to insurance companies, such as Medicare, Blue Cross Blue Shield, etc.
- Enter patient information
- Mail patient statements
- Post payments
- Follow-up on all unpaid insurance claims, as well as appeals and denials
- Conduct "soft" collection on non-paying patients
- Handle all patient billing inquiries
Medical billing requires specialized skills and knowledge. Billing and coding courses are offered in most states by many reputable colleges and they cost anywhere between $800 and $2,500. Typically, such a course includes the following curriculum:
- Basic medical terminology
- Insurance claim lifecycle, CPT and ICD-9 coding
- Using common insurance forms
- Medical office computer software
- Procedures and steps to appeal denied claims
- Medical office management
Affinity Billing enables you to sell billing services without spending time and money on such education or technology because Affinity Billing provides those services to your clients on your behalf.
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