The life’s blood of any practice is the reimbursement revenue from the medical billing forms. Practitioners rely on accurate medical billing and coding to get their claims paid and not denied. Before a patient appointment, medical billers should remember to: Remind patients to bring all pertinent documentsCopy insurance and ID cards before appointmentsGather accurate patient informationObtain signature on assignment of benefits and HIPAA formsCollect co-pay After a patient appointment, healthcare providers should make sure that a detailed record has been kept of the patient encounter. Include such information as complaints, diagnoses, treatments provided, procedures recommended, or follow-up necessary. Furthermore, all of this information should be entered on the charge sheet …