Congratulations you have completed the Practice Charges course. Test your knowledge on the basic components of compliant documentation by completing the Practice Charges Final Course Assessment

The Challenge of Non-Covered Services There are specific circumstances when an insured patient may elect to self-pay rather than use insurance. Sometimes, that is a conscious decision because of a provider’s discounted fee, like their ChiroHealthUSA fee schedule, which may be lower than out of pocket costs with their insurer. Other times, there may be…

Preparation Pays Off Once a clinic has mapped data in their billing software, the next step is to make the software work for them. This requires time and preparation. Certain features and fields must be enabled, or data added in order for the patient portion to be assigned correctly. Once established, insurance claims, payment posting,…

Tracking Data Managing data is essential with all business types. There are a variety of types of data.  Some data is regulated and requires tracking and protection at all times, such as protected health information. Other data is just numbers which can  help analyze stats  and outcomes, but it does little to impact reimbursement. The…

More Than Just Entering Procedure Codes Assuming that charge entry involves only entering procedure codes and diagnoses would be the first mistake. The second mistake, thinking that clinic staff do not need to address this topic for successful reimbursement. Everyone has heard the adage, ‘garbage in, garbage out’. If a clinic takes a shortcut and…

Congratulations you have completed the How Insurance Works course. Test your knowledge on the basic components of compliant documentation by completing the How Insurance Works Final Course Assessment