The below articles are all published in BC advantage
Magazine and written and contributed by Steve
Verno
Steve Verno Medical Billing and Coding Instructor/Consultant
at Quality Medical Management/Emergency Medicine Specialists
Miami, Florida
Medical Care Cost Savings
Mrs. Jones has an HMO policy with ABC Insurance. It is being provided to her as a benefit of her husband's employer. Her employer is paying $500 per month in premiums and Mr. Jones is paying $250 per month in premiums. When you look at her benefit...
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The Health Benefit Manual
Steven M Verno tells us about this forgotten document and how to use it to do away with the assumptions that take place when doctors provide medical advice, and patients seek medical care.
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The Forest From The Trees
Those of us who have been in medical billing for a long period of time have seen some major changes come down the line over the years. In the 1970s and 1980s, HMOs popped up like dandelions on your lawn on a summers day. In the 1990s, the electronic ...
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Fracture Care in the Emergency Department
The coder receives the chart and must review what took place so that the care can be billed to Sally's HMO. There are many questions that must be asked when it comes to fracture care received in the emergency department.
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Complexities of Medical Billing
STEVE VERNO examines the many variables that make up the complexities of claims processing, and your legal rights when claims go wrong
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Writing Off Copays and Deductibles
I have a question regarding a provider that I bill for who is reducing/waiving deductibles for his patients. He states that he has a letter from an attorney stating that because he is not contracted with any of these insurance companies that he does ...
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Guarding Patient Information
Harakat ul-Ansar is a 34 year old man, living in Pakistan, and he decides he wants to start a medical billing company. He looks around the internet and finds a simple, and innocent location to advertise his offshore company. It is a medical coding ...
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