Brief Contents
Part One Managing the Revenue Cycle
Chapter 1Patient Care and Reimbursement in the Medical Office
Chapter 2Understanding Electronic Health Records
Chapter 3Privacy and Security of Health Records
Part Two Documenting Patient Encounters
Chapter 4Scheduling
Chapter 5Office Visit: Check-in Procedures
Chapter 6Office Visit: Patient Intake
Chapter 7Office Visit: The Progress Note
Chapter 8Office Visit: Electronic Orders
Chapter 9Office Visit: Coding
Part Three Charge Capture and Billing Patient Encounters
Chapter 10Office Visit: Clinical Check-out Procedures
Chapter 11Office Visit: Billing Check-out Procedures
Chapter 12Third-Party Payers
Chapter 13Claim Management
Chapter 14Posting Payments and Creating Statements
Part Four Producing Reports and Following Up
Chapter 15Accounts Receivable Follow-up and Collections
Chapter 16Reports
Chapter 17Messaging and Administrative Tasks
Chapter 18Health Information Management Tasks
Part Five PM and EHR Practical Applications
Chapter 19Putting it all Together
Part Six Source Documents
Glossary
Index