Guest guest Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 Hi, I have found that there is no substitute for what my Dad calls his education from the " school of hard knocks " . In other words, just jump in and start doing it and getting the feedback from the EOBs and that sort of thing. The worst that can happen is you get denied or have to resubmit. But each time you do that, you start remembering things and not repeating the same mistakes (as much). At least this works for the bare basics. Some of the more subtle nuances of coding still could escape you without getting tips from some of the experts. But you should be able to get a cash flow going and at least get the " low hanging fruit " by just jumping in and learning about what is needed on the CMS 1500 form and doing it by " trial and error " . Caldwell M.D. Tulare, CA > > Greetings, > > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to learn the basics of > medical billing? > > Thanks, > Moitri > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 25, 2006 Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 Hi, I have found that there is no substitute for what my Dad calls his education from the " school of hard knocks " . In other words, just jump in and start doing it and getting the feedback from the EOBs and that sort of thing. The worst that can happen is you get denied or have to resubmit. But each time you do that, you start remembering things and not repeating the same mistakes (as much). At least this works for the bare basics. Some of the more subtle nuances of coding still could escape you without getting tips from some of the experts. But you should be able to get a cash flow going and at least get the " low hanging fruit " by just jumping in and learning about what is needed on the CMS 1500 form and doing it by " trial and error " . Caldwell M.D. Tulare, CA > > Greetings, > > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to learn the basics of > medical billing? > > Thanks, > Moitri > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Moitri- I asked the biller from a local family practice to come and supervise/teach me for the first 3 months. I paid her $15 per hour for 2-4 hours every other week, we sent out the bills on Saturdays, and when I got better I just saved only billing questions I had for her and sent the others out. She wasn't using the billing program I use (their office used Medisoft and I use EZClaim) so it was a learning curve for both of us, but we managed quite well. After about 3 months of low volume billing, I was able to fly by myself, with only a few more scattered sessions of questions I saved up. I think it would have taken much longer for me to figure out how to send those first few bills by myself and it was really worth it to me to hire someone. Lynn Ho > >Reply-To: >To: >Subject: Medical Billing >Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 14:03:42 -0000 > >Greetings, > >Does anyone have any suggestions on how to learn the basics of >medical billing? > >Thanks, >Moitri > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Moitri! It's Wilterding in Albuquerque. Where are you and what are you doing? Email me at: jwilterding@... jw Medical Billing Greetings,Does anyone have any suggestions on how to learn the basics of medical billing?Thanks,Moitri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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