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Medical Billing Training Courses

Have you ever considered a career in the Medical Billing field but just did not know where to start? Eye Bill for You is now offering medical billing training classes.

Class size is limited so sign up today and earn your certificate in the medical billing field.

Instructor Catherine D. Boddie
Owner/Operator of Eye Bill For You
About Us - Medical Billing Services - HIPAA compliant
Title of Class Medical Billing Basic Training/Introduction to Medical Billing 2012
Prerequisites No medical billing knowledge required.
Must be able to communicate clearly in English with the instructor and be able to use a computer on a moderate level.
Students Maximum class size 12 students.  Will take students over 16 years old in special circumstances.
2012 Dates

Four Consecutive Saturdays.

*** 2012 classes will start in January 21, 2012 - please reserve your spot today via email: cathy@eyebillforyou.com. ***

Time Saturday 2:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Location All classes are held in Alexandria, Virginia. Non-Smoking environment.  Handicap accessible.
Cost $250.00.  All payments due prior to start date of class.  No exceptions.
 Text Used “Understanding Health Insurance”  Professional Billing (Doctors). Author: Joann Domson.
Optional Text If would be helpful if you had set of ICD-9 and CPT 2012 but older years version is OK.
Description of Class

This class is designed to introduce students to the basics of medical billing for physicians.  Help determine if Medical Billing Career is for you.

Students will learn the abbreviations used related to billing, definitions of words/phrases that are used, how to complete a clean HCFA 1500 or CMS 1500, how to take the doctors’ words and be able to find the right code that matches for billing purposes (ICD-9, CPT, and basic modifiers). We don’t do the coding for the doctor, but we can help find the right code. Students will learn the names of our area insurances and how to work with them more effectively.  The concepts of participating, preferred, out of network physicians for certain insurances. 

Students will be taught the importance of collecting copays, coinsurance, and deductible and ways to accomplish this politely but firmly.  Students will also learn how to work with self pay patients and worker’s compensation insurance companies and the basic rules/policies governing this group of patients. 

Students will be introduced to the concepts of HIPAA and how that would apply for front desk and billing duties. We will briefly review the changes from ICD-9 to ICD-10 and 5010.  Students will be taught how to read a insurance referral and what to watch out for regarding possible expired referral, referral for medical condition the doctor does not practice, wrong doctor altogether on the referral, and the basic concepts of the use of referrals for billing.  Basic understanding of Explanation of Benefits (EOBs) from insurance companies.  Students will review Medicare’s ABN rules and how that may apply to medical billing.

 

Certificate

Students will earn a certificate of completion from Eye Bill For You.  Eye Bill for You is not an accredited teaching institution but a small medical billing company whose owner is experienced in teaching basic medical billing to students.  Certificate of completion does not qualify you for state certification or CPC testing.  Eye Bill For You certificate is an indication that student completed this course by Eye Bill for You for basic medical billing.

Students are evaluated based on the students’ class participation, homework, attendance, quiz/test, and final examination. 


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