Certified Medical Billing Specialist®
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 | What is it? |
The Medical Association of Billers CMBS Program is a challenging series of interesting and practical courses. It is aimed at individuals employed in a provider's office, health insurance company, or an independent billing center.
A candidate for certification is an individual who is motivated to improve their medical billing knowledge and develop new skills to assist providers in maximizing their reimbursement through proper coding and documentation.
To achieve certification, an individual must successfully complete a series of six courses and provide the Medical Association of Billers with Supervisor, Provider or Instructor evaluation of billing performance.
| How long does it take to become Certified? |
one weekend to as much as four years.Certification can be obtained in
| National Approval for CEUsThe Medical Association of Billers has been awarded 13.0 CEUs by AAPC and 13 CEUs by AHIMA for our CMBS PowerWeekend.
The PowerWeekend has prior approval for Continuing Education Units from:
Granting of this approval in no way constitutes endorsement of the program, content, or the program sponsor.
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| How do I stay certified? |
To maintain your certification, graduates must complete 12 CEUs per calendar year. This may be accomplished by successfully completing two on-line programs, one PowerWeekend, an intermediate level PowerWeekend, or attending our National Conference. Students must be a member of the Medical Association of Billers to be certified.
| Benefits of the Medical Association of Billers on-line CMBS Program: |
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Work from home at your own pace |
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Access to an instructor to assist you in your course work |
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CMBS Certificate, suitable for framing |
Credit for Prior Experience - Individual On-line classes:
introductory on-line classes if you feel you already possess the skills necessary to pass any individual on-line final exam. You may test out of any class and obtain program credit by taking and passing the final exam. The cost for an individual test-out only is only $75.00 for Association Members.You may participate in the CMBS Program using "Credit for Prior Experience" and test out of any individual
To become certified you must pass all 6 introductory on-line classes and be a member of the Medical Association of Billers.
Credit for Prior Experience
- Comprehensive CMBS Certification Exam:The cost for the comprehensive CMBS Final Exam is $199 for members (You must be a member to sit for the CMBS examination.)
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