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Ch 2/6/06 5:49 PM Page 131. 131 Section One: Section Title Chapter 00: Chapter Title 131. Chapter 5. The Hospital Billing Process T he purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the Hospital Billing Process . The Billing Process includes submitting charges to third-party payers and patients, posting patient transactions, and following-up on outstanding accounts. As discussed in the previous chapter, information collected during the patient visit is utilized to complete the tasks required to bill for services rendered. A review of the purpose of the Billing Process will Outline provide an understanding of how vital Billing functions are PURPOSE OF THE Billing Process . for the Hospital to maintain a sound financial base. PAYER GUIDELINES. The role of Hospital Billing and coding professionals is Participating Provider Agreements complicated because of the ever-changing health insurance Claim Forms environment and variations in payer guidelines.

The Hospital Billing Process T ... Provide an overview of categories of services and items billed by the hospital. ... health care services, ABC maintains one or more networks of providers that are available to Customers. Hospital is a provider of health care services. ABC wishes to arrange to make Hospital's services available to Customers.

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