Preface |
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Chapter 1 Prescription for Success |
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Electronic Filing Beats Paper |
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Skimming Along with Superbills |
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Move Over, Miss Moneypenny |
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Chapter 2 Health Insurance 101 |
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Muddling Through Medicare |
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Why You Should Care About Obamacare |
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Chapter 3 Day-to-Day Operations |
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Good Morning, Medical Biller! |
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New ICD-10 Codes and Paper Superbills |
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Playing the Insurance Game |
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Chapter 4 Diagnosing Your Market |
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The Wonderful World of Wifi |
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Chapter 5 X-Ray of a Medical Billing Business |
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The Fictitious Business Name |
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Chapter 6 Figuring Your Finances |
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The Cyberspace Connection |
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Postage Meters and Internet Postage |
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Cuckoo for Clearinghouses |
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Income and Expense Operations |
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Chapter 7 Locating Your Business |
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Portrait of a Home Office |
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Chapter 8 Employees, Insurance, and Other Facts of Life |
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Chapter 9 Equipping Your Business |
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Automated Answering Service |
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Rah-Rah Reference Manuals |
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Exemplary Equipment Expenses |
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Chapter 10 Blowing Your Own Horn |
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(Cold) Calling All Clients |
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Building Your Online Presence |
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Chapter 11 Controlling Your Finances |
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Chapter 12 Operating Successfully (or Pulling the Plug) |
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Appendix Medical Claims Billing Resources |
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Certification and Education |
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General Small Business Resources |
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Medical Claims Software, Clearinghouses and Business Opportunities |
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Professional Journals and Newsletters |
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Successful Medical Billing Services |
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Glossary |
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Index |
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