Practice of Medical Billing And Coding : A Real Life Book Including A Simulated Work Program

Section 1 Understanding the Medical Office and Computers 1(14) Introduction 3(7) Consolidated Health Services 4(1) Collecting Payments From Patients 4(3) Setting Up Your ``Office'' 7(1) Petty Cash and Deposit Envelope 7(1) Patient Files 8(2) Computers---a Quick Review 10(5) Computer Terminology 11(1) The Computer 12(1) Using the Computer 13(2) Section 2 Understanding the Computer Program 15(111) Using MediSoft 17(21) Entering MediSoft 18(1) Menu Bar 18(10) Tool Bar 28(2) Sidebar Options 30(5) General Functions and Keys 35(1) The MediSoft Icon or - Box 36(2) File Menu Options 38(9) Set Program Date 39(1) New Practice/Open Practice 39(1) Practice Information/Billing Information 39(3) Program Options 42(2) Remaining Options 44(1) File Maintenance 44(3) Lists Menu Options 47(20) Searching for an Entry 48(1) Deleting an Entry 48(1) EDI/EMC Receivers List 48(2) Insurance Carrier List 50(3) Address List 53(1) Provider List 54(3) Referring Provider List 57(1) Billing Code List 58(1) Procedure/Payment/Adjustment List 58(4) MultiLink List 62(2) Diagnosis List 64(3) Patients/Guarantors and Cases List 67(21) Case Based Files 68(1) Patients/Guarantors and Cases List 68(1) Patient/Guarantor List 68(3) Case Screens 71(14) Deleting a Patient 85(1) Printing a Patient Ledger 85(1) Patient Recall List 85(3) Activities Menu Options 88(10) Transaction Entry 89(4) Claim Management 93(5) Reports Menu Options 98(6) Sort Questions 99(1) Day Sheets 100(1) Patient Ledger 100(1) Patient Aging 100(1) Practice Analysis 101(1) Primary/Secondary/Tertiary Insurance Aging 101(1) Patient Statements 101(1) Custom Report List 102(1) Design Custom Reports and Bills 102(2) Edit, Tools, Window, and Help Menus 104(4) Edit Menu Options 105(1) Tools Menu Options 105(1) Window Menu Options 105(1) Help Menu Options 106(2) Office Hours Menu Options 108(14) Office Hours Main Menu Options 109(7) File Menu Options 116(1) Edit Menu Options 117(1) View Menu Options 118(1) Lists Menu Options 118(1) Reports Menu Options 118(1) Tools Menu Options 118(1) Help Menu Options 118(1) Search Options 119(1) Quick Select Icons 119(3) Appointment Book 122(4) The Main Screen 123(3) Section 3 Simulated Work Program 126(51) Manual and Computerized Entry Instructions 128(1) Entering a Claim ``Into the System'' 128(1) Getting Started 129(46) Clues for Simulated Work Program Assignments 175(2) Section 4 Documents 177(100) Section 5 Simulated Petty Cash and Window Payments 277(10) Simulated Petty Cash 278(3) Window Payments 281(6) Section 6 Patient File Forms 287(16) Patient Information Sheet 288(2) Receipt 290(1) Deposit Ticket 290(1) Petty Cash Count 290(1) Petty Cash Receipt 290(1) Ledger Card/Statement of Account 291(1) Daily Journal/Day Sheet 292(1) Stationery 293(1) Request for Additional Information 294(1) Charge Slip 295(1) Insurance Claims Register 296(1) Authorized Treatment Record Form 297(1) Preauthorization Request Form 298(1) Patient Aging Report 299(1) Payment Plan Letter 300(1) Insurance Coverage Form 301(2) Credits 303