Medical billers assume a vital role in a medical office by overseeing the entire billing process. The Medical Billing Training teaches you how to perform billing tasks in any type of health care setting, from completing claim forms to billing insurance companies for payment of medical services. Join a medical office team and ensure that doctors get paid accurately and fast! Learn from the comfort of your home.

As the Medical Association of Billers (MAB) conducts its 2010 Medical Billing and Coding Salary Survey, it is interesting to take a look back at the 2004 survey and view some of the results. Will this year's results widely differ from six years ago? The results will be published on the MAB website after the January 31, 2010 deadline.

The survey is designed to help establish industry-wide billing and coding standards by compiling statistics based on data of current industry professionals. The results are divided into 6 regions - North East (NE), North Central (NC), North West (NW), South East (SE), South Central (SC), and South West (SW). Click here to view the full 2004 survey results.

Here's some information from the 2004 Medical Billing Salary and Statistics Survey:

Of the respondents:
14.4% were Certified Billers
19.2% were Certified Coders
40% use a Superbill
50.4% review their codes annually
62.4% use current coding manuals
43.2% use some practice management software
34.4% use some coding software
46.4% verify insurance prior to the patient seeing the provider
70.4% collect patient co-pays before the office visit, 17.6% collect after and 12% bill the patients for their co-pays.

The percentage of offices billing electronically by region is:
NW - 50%
NC - 67%
NE - 68%
SW - 68%
SC - 77%
SE - 85%

Billers generate claims:
NW - 0% daily, 100% individually, 0% weekly
NC - 33% daily, 67% individually, 0% weekly
NE - 33% daily, 53% individually, 14% weekly
SW - 14% daily, 68% individually, 18% weekly
SC - 38% daily, 62% individually, 0% weekly
SE - 19% daily, 69% individually, 12% weekly

The length of time on average before insurance carriers are billed:
0-3 days - 85%
4-7 days - 10%
8-15 days - 3 %
16-30 days - 2%

On average, people working in a provider's office make:
NW - $15-25 75%, $46-50 25%
NC - $15-25 83%, $26-35 17%, $36-45 2%, over $60 7%
NE - $15-25 78%, $26-35 13%, $36-45 2%, over $60 7%
SW - $15-25 82%, $26-35 5%, $36-45 9%, over $60 4%
SC - $15-25 81%, $26-35 12%, $36-45 7%
SE - $15-25 88%, $26-35 8%, over 60 4%

(Source: www.physicianswebsite.com)

Posted by Heather Brunson @ 4:34 PM • 0 comments