Ub-04 Handbook For Hospital Billing

The first textbook that helps HIM professionals and students understand the differences between the UB-04 and the UB-92 and provides a global view of how the billing function should work in conjunction with the coding department. 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, HCFA-1450 and CMS-1450 billing conventions. The book teaches an individual how to complete a facility UB-04 billing form, and contains vignettes that explain the billing office process, its components and reporting nuances. It will help 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 ensure that members of other departments (e.g., accounting, admitting, quality management) understand how their indispensable contributions to the revenue cycle must be translated by billers to fit changing UB-04 Form Locator codes.The book contains an overview of basic payment methodologies, plus 65 quizzes that can be used for self-testing, for performance evaluations or classwork assignments. This book will help hospitals and other health care providers maximize claim processing performance and revenue recovery and better manage their revenue cycle process. A full-time consultant and president of MMM, Inc.

(Modern Management MuseThe Art of Healthcare Finance) in Flint, Michigan. She specializes in revenue cycle solutions, including reimbursement proficiency, denial management, UB-04 billing, revenue cycle education, AR/bad-debt reduction, and audits. She has 18 years of managerial experience in hospital patient accounting and has served as director of patient accounts at Munson Health Care, Traverse City, MI.

She developed and taught courses on facility billing at Baker College, MI, for five years as well as with many professional groups. Birkenshaw has been an active member of the National Uniform Billing Committee (NUBC) for many years, and has served on the boards of other state uniform billing, payer/provider, and patient accounting committees.

Ub 04 Billing Guide

She is a nationally recognized speaker.Arges of the American Hospital Association Health Data and Coding Standards Group.