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Introduction to Computers in the Medical Office | |
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The Medical Office Billing Process | |
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Preregister Patients | |
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Establish Financial Responsibility for Visit | |
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Check in Patients | |
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Check Out Patients | |
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Review Coding Compliance | |
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Check Billing Compliance | |
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Prepare and Transmit Claims | |
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Monitor Payer Adjudication | |
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Generate Patient Statements | |
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Follow up Patient Payments and Handle Collections | |
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The Use of Health Information Technology in Physician Practices | |
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Functions of Practice Management Programs | |
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Functions of Electronic Health Record Programs | |
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Advantages of Electronic Health Records | |
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The Impact of HIT on Documentation and Coding | |
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HIPAA Legislation and Its Impact on Physician Practices | |
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The HITECH Act's Impact on Privacy and Security | |
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Medisoft Advanced Training | |
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Introduction to Medisoft | |
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The Medisoft Databases | |
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The Medisoft Menus | |
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The Medisoft Toolbar | |
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Entering, Editing, Saving, and Deleting Data in Medisoft | |
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Changing the Medisoft Program Date | |
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Using Medisoft Help | |
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Creating and Restoring Backup Files | |
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Medisoft's File Maintenance Utilities | |
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Using Medisoft Security Features to Ensure HIPAA and HITECH Compliance | |
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Entering Patient Information | |
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How Patient Information is Organized in Medisoft | |
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Entering New Patient Information | |
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Searching for Patient Information | |
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Editing Patient Information | |
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Entering a New Patient | |
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Working with Cases | |
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Understanding Cases | |
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Navigating Cases in Medisoft | |
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Entering Patient and Account Information | |
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Entering Insurance Information | |
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Entering Health Information | |
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Entering Other Information | |
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Editing Case Information | |
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Creating a Case for a New Patient | |
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Entering Charge Transactions and Patient Payments | |
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Understanding Charges, Payments, and Adjustments | |
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Selecting a Patient and Case | |
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Entering Charge Transactions | |
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Entering Payments Made at the Time of an Office Visit | |
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Printing Walkout Receipts | |
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Processing a Patient Refund | |
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Processing a Nonsufficient Funds (NSF) Check | |
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Enter Procedure Charge and a Patient Payment | |
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Creating Claims | |
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The Role of Claims in the Billing Process | |
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Claim Management in Medisoft | |
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Creating Claims | |
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Locating Claims | |
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Editing Claims | |
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Changing the Status of Claims | |
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Submitting Electronic Claims | |
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Create Insurance Claims | |
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Posting Insurance Payments and Creating Patient Statements | |
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Third-Party Reimbursement Overview | |
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Remittance Advice (RA) Processing | |
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Entering Insurance Payments | |
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Applying Insurance Payments to Charges | |
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Entering Capitation Payments | |
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Creating Statements | |
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Editing Statements | |
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Printing Statements | |
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Enter Insurance Payments | |
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Create Statements | |
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Creating Reports | |
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Types of Reports in Medisoft | |
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Selecting Data for a Report | |
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Day Sheets | |
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Analysis Reports | |
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Patient Ledger Reports | |
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Standard Patient Lists | |
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Navigating in Medisoft Reports | |
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Aging Reports | |
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Custom Reports | |
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Using Report Designer | |
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Print a Patient Day Sheet | |
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Print an Insurance Payment by Type Report | |
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Collections in the Medical Office | |
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Laws Governing Timely Payment of Insurance Claims | |
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The Importance of a Financial Policy | |
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Working with Collection Agencies | |
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Writing Off Uncollectible Accounts | |
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Using a Patient Aging Reports for Collections | |
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Adding an Account to the Collection List | |
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Creating Collection Letters | |
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Printing a Collection Tracer Report | |
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Print a Patient Aging Report | |
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Add a Patient to the Collection List | |
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Create a Collection Letter | |
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Scheduling | |
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The Office Hours Window | |
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Entering Appointments | |
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Booking Follow-Up Appointments | |
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Searching for Available Time Slots | |
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Entering Appointments for New Patients | |
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Booking Repeated Appointments | |
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Rescheduling and Canceling Appointments | |
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Creating a Patient Recall List | |
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Creating Provider Breaks | |
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Printing Schedules | |
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Creating an Overdue Balance Report for Patients with Appointments | |
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Enter an Appointment | |
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Reschedule an Appointment | |
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Print a Physician's Schedule | |
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Applying Your Knowledge | |
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Handling Patient Records and Transactions | |
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Inputting Patient Information | |
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An Emergency Visit | |
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Inputting Transaction Data | |
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Entering a New Patient and Transactions | |
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Entering and Applying an Insurance Carrier Payment | |
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Setting Up Appointments | |
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Scheduling Appointments | |
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Making an Appointment Change | |
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Juggling Schedules | |
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Adding Patients to the Recall List | |
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Diane Hsu and Michael Syzmanski | |
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Changing a Transaction Record | |
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Printing Lists and Reports | |
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Finding a Patient’s Balance | |
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Printing a Schedule | |
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Printing Day Sheet Reports | |
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Creating a Patient Aging Report | |
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Adding Items to the Collection List | |
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Creating a Practice Analysis Report | |
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Stewart Robertson | |
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Michael Syzmanski | |
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Putting it all Together | |
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Scheduling Appointments | |
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Creating Cases | |
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Entering Transactions | |
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Creating Claims | |
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Entering Insurance Payments | |
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Creating Patient Statements | |
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Printing Reports | |
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Entering Patient Payments and Reviewing Overdue Accounts | |
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Adding Patients to the Collection List and Creating Collection Letters | |
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Source Documents | |
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Glossary | |
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Index | |