BC Advantage - 2014 Issue 4
The Changing Face of Medical Billing
By: Steve VernoAt one time in America, we went to a doctor's office or the doctor made house calls and came to us. We paid in cash or bartered with the doctor; however, that changed when insurance became available, and with insurance came CPT and ICD-9 codes, and to help doctors with payments, there came medical billers and medical coders. Medical Billing, while young, was very complicated because each insurance company was an island unto themselves. The claim to one insurance company had to be sent using that insurance company's own claim form and importantly, they wanted their own...
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