Hospital Billing: Completing UB-04 Claims 2nd edition

Hospital Billing, Second Edition provides current content with a practical approach. The content addresses the real world of the hospital billing department, integrating the computer skills and procedures needed for daily work. The material also addresses the types of critical thinking, analysis, and synthesis skills demanded by today’s employers. The text includes instruction that entry-level hospital billers must understand, including the following: the hospital billing flow; basic coding and payment systems; the data elements required to complete the recently mandated new UB-04 form; the way in which form-completion requirements vary depending on the type of facility; the medical insurance plan, and inpatient/outpatient status; job performance in compliance with HIPAA privacy and best practices regulations; and how computerized systems are used for form completion Read more