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What date did it become mandatory for Medicare claims to be filed electronically?
explanation of benefits
Transmitting claims electronically is one of the initiatives included in the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, passed by Congress. This process of electronically submitting claims, reduces waste, fraud, protects privacy and administrative costs associated with processing them manually.
differences between facility (hospital) claims processing and professional (provider) claims processing
1. Initial procerssing 2. Automated review 3. Evaluation 4. Payment 5. Return to provider
Like most things involving the government, it's kind of complicated, but basically: A participating provider has agreed to submit all claims to the Medicare program. A non-participating provider may choose to submit, or not to submit, claims to Medicare on a case-by-case basis. The biggest practical difference to a patient covered by Medicare is that if they go to a participating provider they will probably only be asked to cover the Medicare co-payment at the time of service. If they go to a non-participating provider, they may be asked to make payment in full at the time of service.
How did you submit the claims the first time? If you are submitting electronically you should continue to do so.
Encounter Claim - An Encounter Claim is a claim submitted by the provider that records services rendered by the provider. Encounter claims have previously been paid by a contracted pre-determined means. The purpose of the encounter claim is to provide validation that the payment previously made has been earned, or to assist in justification that a review for a higher reimbursement may be needed.
You can only sue any outsourced provider for fraudulent activities and infringement of intellectual property. Non-payment of work by a local client can be filed through a small claims court.
Medical billing & coding is the process of submitting and following up on claims to insurance companies in order to receive payment for services rendered by a healthcare provider.
The providers success claims seem to good to be true
Electronic Data Interchange