Details every step of the reimbursement process for those working in the medical office. Covers terminology, HIPAA transactions and code sets, procedure coding with CPT and HCPCS, diagnosis coding with ICD-9-CM, E/M documentation, and strategies on how to interact with insurance companies and managed care organizations. Previous edition: c1999. Softcover.
--This text refers to an alternate
Paperback
edition.
James B. Davis, known as "The Billion dollar Biller," has written or edited over 200 books on medical coding, billing, reimbursement and practice management. He has been in the health care industry for over 40 years, working in clinics, hospitals, insurance companies, and has experience in providing patient care. His expertise in the medical coding field is the result of billing over $1 billion dollars in health insurance claims for physicians and other health care providers.
He is the founder and President of Practice Management Information Corporation, dba PMIC, the nation's leading independent publisher of medical coding and compliance books, forms and software. He designs, writes and edits books based on a deep first-hand knowledge of coding, billing, and reimbursement, as well as a clear understanding of how medical offices, clinics, hospitals, and insurance companies work and interact.
