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PMRNC:

--- Quote ---I was hoping that the book would also explain how to properly bill for in and out of network Medicare Replacements, and the implications of accepting assignment or not.  And what forms need to be on file for that.  In the forum, I read about accepting assignment for insurances, when you are out of network.  Ok, then you can only accept what the insurance company says is allowable?  These are the type of issues that I had hoped that the book would address.  When can you balance bill the patient?  What do you do when the copay is higher than charge?  The sliding fee for insurance and cash patients...when you use the GW modifier...
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I have not read it either.. however.. the above is all relative to "general" medical billing, not specifically to chiropractic. If you have not done any medical billing than picking up a book on chiropractic billing is really not going to help. I don't know your level of experience so I can't comment on that either, only speculate.
You mentioned also you bought it for the chiro you work for.. does he do his own billing?

Again, all the things you mentioned above really are not specific to chiropractic, so perhaps a book in regards to general medical billing/practice management is needed.

I can make two great suggestions for books that sit on my book shelf and I am always pulling them out (get latest editions, they are updated frequently)

1. Understanding Health Insurance
2. Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office

Both also have workbooks and practice disks with them too. Both cover everything you mentioned, it does not go much into coding, but like I mentioned before, it might be beneficial to take a coding course and for that I would recommend the AAPC which offers the CPC certification.

advance11:
Thank you for those suggested books.  I'll definitely look into them!

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