CBS Certification

This certification demonstrates an individual’s skill and experience in the intricacies of patient billing and accounts receivable management. The individual must also know how coding works and its impact on the billing process. The knowledge should include: Medical terminology, collection and verification of patient demographic and insurance data, insurance processing, statement generation, tracking and managing and reporting receivables, complete understanding of patient privacy issues and the related law. They will have a good working knowledge of various billing functions and responsibilities. Note: CBS includes Health Insurance Specialist Testing (HIS) so do not order HIS separately.

Eligibility

To achieve certification, an individual must have completed an educational training course in medical billing or have 6 months' experience in a medical provider’s office. Meditec.com’s training course will provide the six-months’ experience for this or any certification test.

Practice and Certification Testing

Cert-blaster: Billing competency related to the complete billing process with case scenarios and exercises on patient profiles, writeoffs, co-payments, delinquent account management, and HIPAA. The practice test simulates the type of questions that are on the certification test. The tests are on-line, take about an hour or so, are open book, and when submitted, you are provided the answers to the questions for your review and further study (if needed).

Exam-Guard: The certification test takes 2 hours, is timed, and the results are immediate and reported to you within 48 hours. The test is reviewed by an instructor prior to issuing the final grade and certificate.

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