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Traditionally, medical billing services were practiced manually and sent through the Post Office system which had the capacity to distribute large amounts of data all across the country. This required a lot of time and effort leading to the emergence of Electronic Medical Billing service . Still, there are many in healthcare businesses who have not yet taken to the idea of medical billing electronically. Usually, small practices in lesser populated areas of the country still use and utilize a paper-based medical billing system. Using a paper-based manual system of medical billing requires the respective person to fill out the claims in handwriting as opposed to a person using a software to quickly input the information on the software and sending it out to the insurance company electronically right there and then. Using paper to make claims requires a lot of time from the filling out of forms to sending them over to the insurance company, either in person through comp...

The adoption of technology is a process that needs repetition to achieve the desired outcome of optimum output. When it comes to the adoption of EHR ( Electronic Health Record ) and the implementation of EMR (Electronic Medical Records) software at your workplace, everybody involved needs to be trained and guided according to their roles in the process. An important step in the adoption of EMRs is to have a designated trainer or guide in the workplace whose sole job is to train, guide and help the staff understand everything related to Electronic Health Records and its implementation. This person should be aware of the changes taking place and what role each staff member has to play. One of the techniques that can help in the implementation process is to bring the people at the workplace together and make teams of one or two doctors and nurses with someone who knows the ins and outs of EMR. This will make for a better overall training as the doctor and the nurse will get ...