Processing an Insurance Claim : Lesson 4

The necessary steps to processing a health insurance claim in the provider’s office will be the major topic covered in this lesson. It will also detail the major steps that the insurance company takes to process the claim. Students will explore the life cycle of insurance claim, including processing and electronic data interchange. Students will learn how to manage the office’s insurance’s finances and how to maintain a practice’s insurance claim files. Finally, they will explain how processing claims differ from new to established patients and the role of credit and collections in claim processing.