Who teaches medical billing? A national cross-sectional survey of Australian medical education stakeholders.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Billing errors and healthcare fraud have been described by the WHO as 'the last great unreduced health-care cost'. Estimates suggest that 7% of global health expenditure (US$487 billion) is wasted from this phenomenon. Irrespective of different payment models, challenges exist at the interface of medical billing and medical practice across the globe. Medical billing education has been cited as an effective preventative strategy, with targeted education saving $A250 million in Australia in 1 year from an estimated $A1-3 billion of waste.

Objective

This study attempts to systematically map all avenues of medical practitioner education on medical billing in Australia and explores the perceptions of medical education stakeholders on this topic.

Design

National

SUBMITTER: Faux M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6082471 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature