Continuing education... it never stops.

One thing that I can tell you about this business is that it is ever evolving, ever changing, and ever challenging.  I spent my morning researching  a rather complicated issue involving admits, discharges, and same-day readmissions to a rehab facility.  There were so many new regulations since the last time that I researched this same issue some time back that it surprised me.  But, as the face of healthcare changes, so do the rules.  As new and different problems arise, a new regulation is made to accommodate for it.  So, as the commercial says, "Never Stop Learning".  Especially when it comes to your career.

Check with your local insurance companies.  Many offer training online.  Others offer in-person seminars and workshops to help with billing issues, and every insurance company has a provider rep that can help you.  Medicare and Medi-caid have their billing manuals online as well. 

Read.  Read.  Read.  Absorb all of the information that you can.

Never Stop Learning.  The more you know, the more you can make!

Until next time,

Thanks,
Lori

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Loretta Sinclair
Author, Medical Billing, Coding and Reimbursement
How to Run Your Own Home Medical Billing Service
Annotation Press, 2007, 2008
Available in print and on Kindle

Marketing Your Medical Billing Service
Sinclair Publications, 2011
available in ebook format only
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Medical Billing, Coding, and Reimbursement
Supplemental Workbook
Sinclair Publications
copyright 2009

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