Medical Education Online · 2013 · 14 citations · 1 references
Practice ManagementComplex Billing PracticesHealth InformaticsTeachingOutpatient Office VisitsMedical CodingMedical Information SystemBusinessEducationPatient EducationContinuing Medical EducationHealth Profession TrainingPatient ManagementMedicineMedical StudentsCurriculumHealthcare BillingProgram Evaluation
Complex billing practices and frequent coding errors in outpatient visits cost the US healthcare system billions annually. The study proposes incorporating billing and coding instruction into medical school curricula to ensure proper physician billing practices. The pilot study demonstrates that medical students can effectively learn basic billing and coding principles from lectures, and the approach is easily integrated into curricula.
Complex billing practices cost the US healthcare system billions of dollars annually. Coding for outpatient office visits [known as Evaluation & Management (E&M) services] is commonly particularly fraught with errors. The best way to insure proper billing and coding by practicing physicians is to teach this as part of the medical school curriculum. Here, in a pilot study, we show that medical students can learn well the basic principles from lectures. This approach is easy to implement into a medical school curriculum.
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