mercredi 17 février 2016

Medical Billing: The New ICD-10 Codes Are Now In Effect

By Lonnie Greenfield


If you know anything about medical billing, you may agree that ICD-10 is difficult to master. Men and women from all over the world ask the question, "How am I ever going to learn all of these codes? You may not know it now, but there are around 69,000 codes used. In ICD-9, there were around 14,000. You must have a good mental outlook for how these codes have changed. It is important to think about getting certified in ICD-10. Your employer is going to look at what you know about the new coding and if you can get them a high return from the insurance companies.

A lot of coders today are asking themselves if they should go back to school or if they should go for their certification. What should they do in order to receive payments? It is a hard choice for a biller to make? In the 1980's and 1990's, you could easily take a stay at home course. You could get a job after studying coding for around 6 months. Now things are a lot more complex. Medical billers must now decide on the best course of action to learn this material.

The reason why doctors lose money most of the time is because of incorrect medical billing. In order to get a higher return from the insurance companies, someone must know billing like the back of their hand. They must know how to bill the insurance company correctly. The war between doctors and insurance companies are going to get worse. Insurance companies know how to win over the doctors and not pay them because they are not filling in the paperwork correctly. A medical doctor must find an experienced medical biller if they are ever going to make money for their practice. It has gotten so bad that many doctors are choosing to leave their practice and work instead for a hospital. At the end of the day, it all comes down to money.

The world of medical billing today is complex. Nobody understands it fully yet. Countries around the world are having a difficult time with it because the world has never seen anything else like it. It is a lot like someone learning C++ in computer science for the first time. It is difficult for most people to learn and master. As they say, time makes matters perfect. As each day passes, we are reminded as to how well everything grows for company. Eventually people will learn ICD-10. However, it will take a lot of planning.

A lot of medical coders are finding themselves having to study for their master's degrees. Many universities are now offering master's degrees in medical billing. It takes years to master billing because there is a lot involved now. When Obamacare hit the market, it changed the health industry forever. It is causing many doctors to leave their practice and work for larger companies. The main reason for this is because they are at least guaranteed a certain salary each week. If they have their own practice, they have no idea what the insurance companies will pay them. How can a doctor pay their staff if they don't know how much money they will be getting back from the insurance companies? This is a question that many healthcare providers are asking themselves today.




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