One of the hottest trends in the medical industry these days is the Apache medical billing process. In the past, patients would often visit a doctor to obtain their medication afterwards they pay all the necessary fees and done. It used to be as simple as the latter however things starts to complicate when medical insurance comes in, this was something unexpected and doctors at this time were confronted with tons of paperwork and they are force to take full responsibility of everything. The chances of losing those needed documents are high since doctors have several patients each day. Although not all medical professionals are using this new trend in the medical industry still it doesn't outweigh the fact the healthcare services is already incorporating technology in their billing process. This is the main reason why most doctors nowadays are already maximizing the use of technology by using electronic medical billing for the treatments of their patients.

Electronic medical billing is a paperless process since all the data and information gathered from the patient is directly stored in the computer system, the bill will only be printed and handed over to the patients once everything was save in the system. Information about the insurance services you avail, the medications given to you with their corresponding rate and other expenses incurred by the management are some of the things that is included in the medical billing process. If any of those information are missing then it might be difficult for the patients to obtain the medical compensation they availed from their Apache health insurance service provider.

The first thing that must be done in electronic medical billing is to enter all the necessary information in the system using a specialized medical billing software after which the information is sent to the carrier using a modem. A modem is a type of device that transmits the received information using a telephone line which is actually similar to a fax machine. In a fax machine, there is a piece of document that is inserted in the equipment. Insurance providers have this remote fax machine which is connected to a telephone line that transmits the electronic information of a certain patient who avail their services and then print out the same document. However, this is not the case in the electronic medical billing since it is not a necessity to use any printed material, This is for the reason that the medical billing software is the one that will transmit the stored information in the system towards the carrier using a modem.

There is also a certain format followed when sending the data to the carrier since unclear and wrong formats will not be read by the carrier. The NSF format is the prevalent used format that is actually the standard format for all carriers. There are also other type of formats that are used by a specific computer program that is suitable for the individual carrier.

  

For more info, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_billing.