Medical Billing and Coding Services

Medical Claims Processing  (view report)

Comprehensive research reports provide in-depth industry analysis and five-year growth forecasts, with special focus on the underlying structure and external forces and relationships that affect industries and their performance. Report contents include:

American Academy of Professional Coders
Information resources available from this organization include:

Healthcare Business Monthly
http://www.aapc.com/publications
Monthly professional journal features news and information related to billing and coding, compliance, auditing, practice management, and more, with special features including the annual "AAPC Healthcare Salary Survey". Publication is available by subscription only; prior issues can be accessed by members in the PDF archive.

Coding Help
http://aapc.com/resources
"Coding Help" section provides a summary overview of job responsibilities for billing and coding personnel, and also includes information on reimbursement, auditing, code sets, AAPC training courses, and coding and reimbursement programs as well as a medical terminology glossary. All information can be viewed free online.

Work of A Coder Survey
http://aapc.com/research
Comprehensive survey provides demographic information regarding work environment, certifications, and employment situation, and addresses issues specific to work and working relationships. Summary article, survey results, survey analysis, white paper, and participant comments are all available online.

Billing-Coding, Inc.
BC Advantage Magazine
http://www.billing-coding.com/
Monthly trade magazine features news and information for billing and coding personnel, with topics covered including billing, coding, compliance, reimbursement, legal issues, office management, and more. Full access to the magazine is limited to subscribers; selected articles from current and prior issues are available online.

HBMA
Billing Journal
https://www.hbma.org/
Bimonthly trade journal features news and information for medical billing companies, with topics covered including coding, compliance, business practices, operations management, and more. Current issue of this publication is available to members only; PDF version of prior issues can be viewed online with registration.

Entrepreneur Magazine Business Startup Guides
Medical Claims Billing Service
http://bookstore.entrepreneur.com/
Business startup guide provides an overview of the medical claims billing industry and takes users through the various aspects of starting a business in this industry and running it successfully. Table of contents and selected excerpts from the Kindle edition can be viewed online via Amazon.com's "Look Inside" feature.

Industry Financial Ratios
Medical Billing Services
http://www.bizminer.com  Search for "541219"


AMBA
Benchmarking Report & Worksheets
http://www.ambastore.net/
Benchmarking report provides ratios and other measures which can be used to analyze the financial and operating performance of a medical billing practice, and includes two worksheets that can be used to calculate net cash flow, turn-around time, voluntary adjustments, and other key practice benchmarks.


American Academy of Professional Coders
AAPC Healthcare Salary Survey
http://www.aapc.com/survey
Annual salary survey provides compensation and benefits information for billing and coding personnel, with compensation data reported by level of certification, education level, years of experience, type of employer and workplace setting, and geographic region. Current and prior year surveys are available free online.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Outlook Handbook - Medical Records Technicians
http://www.bls.gov/medical-records-technicians.htm
Information provided for this occupational category includes a description of the nature of the work and the work environment, number and types of jobs, education and training requirements, wages and earnings, employment outlook, and sources for additional information. All information is available free online.


Medical Billing Services
http://valuationresources.com/

Comprehensive reference guide provides market-based business valuation multiples for small businesses in more than 200 industries. Valuation multiples are derived from actual business sales transactions as reported by BIZCOMPS®, with the primary focus on small companies priced at less than $1 million.