Many healthcare providers use the medical billing software to automate and supervise the data. These software are being developed to handle the increasingly complex process of medical billing and to avoid the misuse of these tools in the form of submitting false claims with penalties as well as for over reimbursement.
There are different types of medical billing software systems:
Basic software
The use of this software entirely depends on the knowledge and entry skills of the user and is majorly used for billing purpose. The entries made to this software are being manipulated to produce an electronic claim. This type of software is being distributed by Medicare fiscal agents and the private sector. There is a risk of claim error involved in data entry.
Informational software
This software also supplements to the basic software capabilities. Here the data bases and linked files are used to recall patient, diagnostic, service information etc. It is also helpful in bringing out the information related to invalid code combination, diagnosis errors which prevent the processing of a claim. This type of software also provides tools to help the providers to code the claims in an accurate way.
Proprietary software
This software is being developed for the specific users which mean that the inner workings of the proprietary software might only be known to a single person or to selected members in some cases. This type of software is different from the commercially available software packages, as it is being created to meet the precise demand of specific customer.
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