• Your Goals

• Goals of this class

• Working with physicians

• As an employee, positives and negatives

• As independent contractor, positive and negatives

• Direct doctor referrals

• Advanced preparation, what it takes to get started

• Tools of the Trade

• FORMS, covering all forms, broken down into 5 categories

• Files, folders, how to set up forms, files and folders

• About being a provider, do I have to? If so, How?

• Terminology, medical, legal & insurance, where to find

• Is accepting insurance worth it?

• 9 simple steps to accepting insurance cases

• Cases to accept

• Cases to avoid

• How to find out if there are loopholes you might get through

• Current FL Laws as they pertain to PIP /auto insurance

• Marketing & promotion, obtain AND retain patients/clients

• Interviewing patients

• Treating patients what to be aware of and why

• Communicating with insurance adjuster, what to ask for

• Documentation & know documentation is legal evidence

• 3 magic things to prevent delays, denials & reductions.

• Question and answer session

• All about codes, CPT & ICD-9 Codes, when & what to use

• Fees, Legal, Ethical, and UCR

• Can I charge more for insurance cases? If not, why?

• Filling out the CMS 1500 Form, what goes where on the form

• Knowing the claim form

• Submittingclaim form, how to prevent denials and delays

• Explanation of Benefits, what is it, what do you do with it?

• About billing software, do I need it, if so how will it help me?

• About billing services, should I use them, if not, why not?

• HIPAA Laws & Privacy Rules, do they affect you, if so how?

• Should I submit claims electronically? If not, why not?

• Collections made easy, how to limit collection processes

• Discount/Affinity programs, what are they? Vivian’s take!!

• Tips on going to court if you should you ever have to

• Main causes of problems & how to prevent them up front.

• What it takes to be a success in one sentence

• Any unfinished business

• Questions and Answer session.