Top 4 Medical Billing and Coding Database Programs
July 31, 2011 – 4:41 pm
As you may or may not know medical billing is an important area in the health care industry since it allows for the providers that offer up their services to the care and well-being of their patients to be compensated for their services. Claims, patient bills and invoices is a job that can be taken care of two ways: In-House billing specialist or outsourced to a billing company or individual. Below are the top 4 medical billing databases being used today:
One of the most popular medical billing databases is Medisoft. If you have or are currently attending medical billing and coding training courses then you may have already heard of this database since it is widely used in schools to provide students with hands-on training. The functions included in the Medisoft software include:
- Invoicing,
- Payment handling system
- Past due reports
- Patient statement generation which includes their current balance
Lytec billing database software may be another program you may have also run across whiles in school, like Medisoft it to be used when providing students with hands-on billing training. Lytec has many of the same functions that Medisoft has which includes insurance claims, invoicing and patient co-pay filing.
eClinical Works is a full-service program that works to bring together all of the patients information which includes their medical history. The program also links together the following:
- Doctors
- Physicians
- Medical procedures
- Medications
Physicians medical offices located in different areas are able to share their information through the eClinical Works database. This works best for medical records to be viewed at the same time.
A newer and more advanced database that makes it possible for health care offices to keep patient information stored in a centralized location is known as MediNotes. This database even offers templates for patient paperwork that includes:
- Referrals
- Doctors’ orders
- Prescriptions
- Notes made by physician
Aside from the above advanced functions the program also offers all of the basic functions such as lists (allergies, medications), patient immunization records and more. MediNotes also offers the user the ability to track special OB features from prenatal care, the medical history of the child and some of the mother’s history, genetic and growth charts.
The newest commercial software, Antamedia is suitable for almost any size medical facility. Much like the eClinical Works program it makes it possible for doctors located in different areas or with multiple offices to share information that supports various levels of security
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