Insurance Claims: Patient Examination And Check Out

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The development on an insurance claim begins when the patient makes the call to a medical office and requests an appointment. It is at this moment, that the staff in charge verifies if the person is new patient or if it would be follow-up visit. The process of a new patient is always more difficult than that of an already established one.

The process consists of three parts:

The arrival of the patient and the Check In.

The interview with the Doctor and the necessary treatment.

Patient examination and Check Out.

The Check in process consists of verifying or asking the patient for the necessary information about his / her persons and the health insurance data, such as name, demographic address, telephone, date of birth, visitation reason,

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