Basics of US Healthcare -Medical Billing
In this blog I will be sharing the basics Terminology used in the Healthcare as this will help us to understand the healthcare in more detail. Basics of US Healthcare Basic Terms: Patient : The Person who visits doctor for any kind of counselling, wellness check-up or to get treated for symptom of an illness. Provider: Doctor who provides treatment to the patient and charge to their insurance company for payments Payer: The Insurance company whoh covers the patient for any disease or illness and pay to the doctor when a claim arise. Guarantor/Subscriber : The person who has the insurance policy is guarantor/subscriber. A patient visiting a Doctor may be covered under someone's policy ex. a child, spouse under husbands policy. Practice: A place where services are performed. sometimes it is same as the name of the clinic or Hospital. Patient Demographic Information: Some Specific information that needed to create patients ...
