The "Clean Up" Crew

Medical billers are often referred to as the "clean up" crew of the medical office. Since medical billers are the last to touch a claim before it is billed out, it is their responsibility to ensure that all parts of the claim are accurate even the parts they have no control over. That means they tend to catch mistakes that are made in all other areas of the medical office. Before a claim goes out, medical billers use their expertise and knowledge with the help of billing software claim checks to "clean" the claim up before billing. Read the complete article here.