Uniform Billing: A Guide to Claims Processing - Softcover

Section I: The Acute Care Facility. 1. Services Rendered in the Hospital Setting. 2. The Internal Network of a Hospital. Section II: Working with Form Locators. 3. Introduction to the UB-04: Form Locators 1-31. 4. UB-04: Form Locators 31-41. 5. UB-04: Form Locators 42-49. 6. UB-04: Form Locators 49-80. 7. Exploring Covered Services and Rates. 8. Coding and Reimbursement Systems. 9. Fraud, Abuse, HIPAA, and Patient's Rights. Appendices.

UNIFORM BILLING: A GUIDE TO CLAIMS PROCESSING, 2e is the essential resource for learning in-patient and out-patient processing techniques. Whether used in an acute, subacute, long term care, specialty, or clinic facility, this learning tool shows readers how to use UB-04 in any scenario. Its exercise-based format emphasizes practical application to help readers efficiently absorb the material. Plus, the included access code for the SimClaim software allows users to practice completing claim forms electronically.