Family Practice Medical Billing: The Coverage

The medical biller’s job is to figure out how to pay the three parties in a timely manner. The biller ensures that healthcare practitioners are properly reimbursed for their services. The end bill is used by the biller to gather information on the patient and procedure, and that information is subsequently put into a bill for the insurer, which is known as a ‘claim.’ The claim shows and needs to reflect the following:

• History of illness;
• Patient;
• Provider of healthcare;
• Payer or insurance company;
• Information on demographics;
• Coverage for insurance;
• The practices of medicine;