Handbook for Hospital Billing, Without Answer Key, Print Edition: A Reference and Training Tool for the UB-04 Manual

Claudia Birkenshaw, MSA

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456 pages, Softcover, 8.5" x 11"
ISBN: 978-1-55648-363-9
AHA Order Number: 061181
AHA Member Price: $115
Nonmember Price: $128

Designed for inpatient and outpatient facility billing, charging, and reimbursement training in:

• Hospitals, Skilled nursing facilities, Hospice organizations
• Surgery and Ambulatory Care centers
• Subacute and LTC facilities and home health agencies
• Behavioral health & chemical treatment agencies
• Durable medical equipment agencies
• Health plans

Provides critical UB-04 training for coders, billers, auditors, and financial staff who have the responsibility for preparing and reviewing accurate documents for claims submission. The Handbook can reduce revenue loss and speed up claims processing to payers by increasing the level of knowledge between coders, billers and everyone else involved in the revenue cycle.

The Handbook provides a global view of how the billing function should work in conjunction with the coding department. It helps HIM staff understand that coding conventions for billing are as important as ICD-9 coding conventions when sending a claim to an insurance company or payer and ensures that members of other departments understand how their contributions to the revenue cycle must be translated by billers to fit changing UB-04 Form Locator codes. The Handbook provides accurate and timely information about the UB-04 and explains how and why ICD-9, CPT, and HCPCS code conventions must be integrated with UB-04 (CMS-1450) billing conventions.

There are 66 skill quizzes and 2,000 questions that can be used for performance evaluations and study assignments.

"Quality codes and indicators on the UB-04 Form are increasingly being used by payers,CMS and other entities in pay-for-performance reviews. Following correct billing conventions are becoming more important than simple good revenue cycle management."
Claudia Birkenshaw, author

College Instructor Instructional Materials

The following supplemental teaching aids are available for downloading.
Course Learning Objectives
8-Week Course Outline
10-Week Course Outline
16-Week Course Outline