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Medical billing is the process of accumulating fees for medical services. It is done to ensure, that doctors and hospitals receives fair payment for services provided from health insurance companies. It is a process that involves a third party payer, which can be health insurance company or the patient. It is a complex series of procedures requiring considerable time by professionals. Medical biller's job is an important position as the revenue cycle of a set up depends on accurate and timely bill submissions.

Medical transcription, also known as MT, is the process of converting audio files dictated by physicians into text format. Medical reports can be voice files, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material. They maintain medical record integrity by interpreting, editing, and transcribing dictation for multiple physicians and nurse practitioners.

Medical transcriptionists must possess knowledge of human anatomy, medical terminology, and physiology.

A medical scribe is a health paraprofessional who specializes in documenting physician-patient encounters in real-time during medical examinations. They also locate information and patients for physicians and complete forms needed for patient care. Medical scribes now mostly work in an electronic health record (EHR) system. Medical Scribe must possess knowledge of human anatomy, medical terminology, physiology, components of medical records, and requirements of documentation to support services

Medical coding is conversion of important medical information such as healthcare diagnosis, medical procedure into univarsal numeric numbers (codes). The main objective of a medical coder is to take accurate codes from the books of ICD and CPT for maintaining medical records and the billing process. Medical coder is also known as clinical coding officer or diagnostic coder