are identified in the BA0 record in field number 2, positions 4 - 18, which is the provider ID. This record designates the beginning of that batch and this field designates the provider associated with that batch. If the biller wants tOne of the most confusing parts of medical billing and the electronic submission of claims is the batch. Most billers don't understand why you even need to have multiple batches. Can't all the claims just go inside one package and get shipped? Well, with paper, yes. But if you're a big billing house and billing for a number of providers, then the process isn't that simple. Before we go into our detailed review of the YA0 record, an explanation of batches is probably in order.

Because of the way claims are paid, especially by the big insurance companies or government agencies, keeping track of batches is very important. Why? Because when insurance companies cut their checks for the claims, they are cut and paid to the provider, not to the patient, unless designated to do so. If a large billing house is representing multiple providers, they may very well submit a large claim file representing multiple providers. These providers are identified in the BA0 record in field number 2, positions 4 - 18, which is the provider ID. This record designates the beginning of that batch and this field designates the provider associated with that batch. If the biller wants to

hipped? Well, with paper, yes. But if you're a big billing house and billing for a number of providers, then the process isn't that simple. Before we go into our detailed review of the YA0 record, an explanation of batches is probably in order.

Because of the way claims are paid, especially by the big insurance companies or government agencies, keeping track of batches is very important. Why? Because when insurance companies cut their checks for the claims, they are cut and paid to the provider, not to the patient, unless designated to do so. If a large billing house is representing multiple providers, they may very well submit a large claim file representing multiple providers. These providers are identified in the BA0 record in field number 2, positions 4 - 18, which is the provider ID. This record designates the beginning of that batch and this field designates the provider associated with that batch. If the biller wants t

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Because of the way claims are paid, especially by the big insurance companies or government agencies, keeping track of batches is very important. Why? Because when insurance companies cut their checks for the claims, they are cut and paid to the provider, not to the patient, unless designated to do so. If a large billing house is representing multiple providers, they may very well submit a large claim file representing multiple providers. These providers are identified in the BA0 record in field number 2, positions 4 - 18, which is the provider ID. This record designates the beginning of that batch and this field designates the provider associated with that batch. If the biller wants t

are cut and paid to the provider, not to the patient, unless designated to do so. If a large billing house is representing multiple providers, they may very well submit a large claim file representing multiple providers. These providers are identified in the BA0 record in field number 2, positions 4 - 18, which is the provider ID. This record designates the beginning of that batch and this field designates the provider associated with that batch. If the biller wants t are identified in the BA0 record in field number 2, positions 4 - 18, which is the provider ID. This record designates the beginning of that batch and this field designates the provider associated with that batch. If the biller wants to bill a second provider, then another BA0 record must be used so that the insurance carrier knows who the second carrier is. Otherwise, the check will end up getting cut for one provider. This can obviously cause a lot of problems.

In order to make sure this doesn't happen, most electronic billing software has what is called a multiple provider option. What happens is that somewhere in the system, a list of providers is kept in a large table. In very large billing houses, this table can contain hundreds of providers. Each one is given an ID number and a table number. The ID number is assigned by the governing agency. The table number is assigned by the software. Each patient in the system is assigned to a provider. When that patient's claim file is pulled, a cross match is made between the table number of the provider that is entered in the patient file and the provider number itself. If the provider number is different from