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Chapter 2 The Use of Health Information Technology in Physician Practices

Functions of Practice Management Programs

Functions of Electronic Health Record Programs

Advantages of Electronic Health Records

The Impact of HIT on Documentation and Coding

HIPAA Legislation and Its Impact on Physician Practices

The HITECH Act's Impact on Privacy and Security

PART 2 MEDISOFT ADVANCED TRAINING

Chapter 3 Introduction to Medisoft

The Medisoft Databases

The Medisoft Menus

The Medisoft Toolbar

Entering, Editing, Saving, and Deleting Data in Medisoft

Changing the Medisoft Program Date

Using Medisoft Help

Creating and Restoring Backup Files

Medisoft's File Maintenance Utilities

Using Medisoft Security Features to Ensure HIPAA and HITECH Compliance

CHAPTER 4 Entering Patient Information

How Patient Information is Organized in Medisoft

Entering New Patient Information

Searching for Patient Information

Editing Patient Information

Applying Your Skills 1: Entering a New Patient

Chapter 5 Working with Cases

Understanding Cases

Navigating Cases in Medisoft

Entering Patient and Account Information

Entering Insurance Information

Entering Health Information

Entering Other Information

Editing Case Information

Applying Your Skills 2: Creating a Case for a New Patient

Chapter 6 Entering Charge Transactions and Patient Payments

Understanding Charges, Payments, and Adjustments

Selecting a Patient and Case

Entering Charge Transactions

Entering Payments Made at the Time of an Office Visit

Printing Walkout Receipts

Processing a Patient Refund

Processing a Nonsufficient Funds (NSF) Check

Applying Your Skills 3: Enter Procedure Charge and a Patient Payment

Chapter 7 Creating Claims

The Role of Claims in the Billing Process

Claim Management in Medisoft

Creating Claims

Locating Claims

Editing Claims

Changing the Status of Claims

Submitting Electronic Claims

Applying Your Skills 4: Create Insurance Claims

Chapter 8 Posting Insurance Payments and Creating Patient Statements

Third-Party Reimbursement Overview

Remittance Advice (RA) Processing

Entering Insurance Payments

Applying Insurance Payments to Charges

Entering Capitation Payments

Creating Statements

Editing Statements

Printing Statements

Applying Your Skills 5: Enter Insurance Payments

Applying Your Skills 6: Create Statements

Chapter 9 Creating Reports

Types of Reports in Medisoft

Selecting Data for a Report

Day Sheets

Analysis Reports

Patient Ledger Reports

Standard Patient Lists

Navigating in Medisoft Reports

Aging Reports

Custom Reports

Using Report Designer

Applying Your Skills 7: Print a Patient Day Sheet

Applying Your Skills 8: Print an Insurance Payment by Type Report

Chapter 10: Collections in the Medical Office

Laws Governing Timely Payment of Insurance Claims

The Importance of a Financial Policy

Working with Collection Agencies

Writing Off Uncollectible Accounts

Using a Patient Aging Reports for Collections

Adding an Account to the Collection List

Creating Collection Letters

Printing a Collection Tracer Report

Applying Your Skills 9: Print a Patient Aging Report

Applying Your Skills 10: Add a Patient to the Collection List

Applying Your Skills 11: Create a Collection Letter

Chapter 11 Scheduling

The Office Hours Window

Entering Appointments

Booking Follow-Up Appointments

Searching for Available Time Slots

Entering Appointments for New Patients

Booking Repeated Appointments

Rescheduling and Canceling Appointments

Creating a Patient Recall List

Creating Provider Breaks

Printing Schedules

Creating an Overdue Balance Report for Patients with Appointments

Applying Your Skills 12: Enter an Appointment

Applying Your Skills 13: Reschedule an Appointment

Applying Your Skills 14: Print a Physician's Schedule

PART 3 APPLYING YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Chapter 12 Handling Patient Records and Transactions

Exercise 12-1: Inputting Patient Information

Exercise 12-2: An Emergency Visit

Exercise 12-3: Inputting Transaction Data

Exercise 12-4: Entering a New Patient and Transactions

Exercise 12-5: Entering and Applying an Insurance Carrier Payment

Chapter 13 Setting Up Appointments

Exercise 13-1: Scheduling Appointments

Exercise 13-2: Making an Appointment Change

Exercise 13-3: Juggling Schedules

Exercise 13-4: Adding Patients to the Recall List

Exercise 13-5: Diane Hsu and Michael Syzmanski

Exercise 13-6: Changing a Transaction Record

Chapter 14 Printing Lists and Reports

Exercise 14-1: Finding a Patient’s Balance

Exercise 14-2: Printing a Schedule

Exercise 14-3: Printing Day Sheet Reports

Exercise 14-4: Creating a Patient Aging Report

Exercise 14-5: Adding Items to the Collection List

Exercise 14-6: Creating a Practice Analysis Report

Exercise 14-7: Stewart Robertson

Exercise 14-8: Michael Syzmanski

Chapter 15 Putting it all Together

Exercise 15-1: Scheduling Appointments

Exercise 15-2: Creating Cases

Exercise 15-3: Entering Transactions

Exercise 15-4: Creating Claims

Exercise 15-5: Entering Insurance Payments

Exercise 15-6: Creating Patient Statements

Exercise 15-7: Printing Reports

Exercise 15-8: Entering Patient Payments and Reviewing Overdue Accounts

Exercise 15-9: Adding Patients to the Collection List and Creating Collection Letters

PART 4 SOURCE DOCUMENTS

Glossary

Index