Independent Medical Coding: The Comprehensive Guidebook for Career Success as a Medical CoderRayve Productions, 2007 - 422 páginas |
Índice
Introduction | 1 |
Are You Ready to Go Solo? | 21 |
Medical Coding Education and Experience | 27 |
Continuing Your Professional Education | 43 |
Becoming Credentialed | 51 |
AHIMA Advocacy Resolution | 57 |
Medical Transcriptionists MTs as Coding Specialists | 69 |
Salary Projections Based on Survey Data | 75 |
Building a Successful CodingConsulting Business | 223 |
Professional Ethics and Compliance | 229 |
Compliance and Quality Improvement | 243 |
The Independent Contractor | 261 |
Finances | 273 |
The Future of Coding in Health Care | 307 |
Associations | 313 |
Bibliography | 325 |
HIPAAHealth Insurance Portability and Accountability | 81 |
Index CMI | 107 |
Coding Queries | 116 |
Alternative Careers for the Health Care Coding Specialist | 157 |
Setting Up Business Operations | 171 |
Establishing Fees for Services | 193 |
Marketing You and Your Business | 199 |
Coding Contracts | 213 |
Exhibit I | 357 |
Confidential Health Information | 365 |
Exhibit VI | 375 |
BillingInvoice Form | 381 |
Sample Coding Contract | 391 |
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