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Lists additional information, case studies and a glossary of commonly used billing acronyms and terms. You can also find options for more training and technical assistance, including how you can access the regional STD RH TTACS. indicates recommended tool
Case Studies
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| NCSD Case Studies Providing real world examples of partnerships and business models for building relationships with third-party payers, these case studies highlight the experiences of STD programs and clinics currently billing third-party payers for STD-related services, or planning to implement a third-party billing practice. – National Coalition of STD Directors |
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| LAB - Third-Party Billing at the Oregon State Public Health Laboratory This case study focuses on the Oregon State Public Health Laboratory and highlights the experience of a public health program. – Cardea, 2013 |
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| LAB - Moving Toward Third-Party Billing and Revenue Generation in Public Health: An Emerging Model from Michigan This webinar depicts the success the state of Michigan has seen through third-party billing in generating revenue in the public health sector. – National Coalition of STD Directors, 2012 |
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For More Information
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| Commonly Used Acronyms and Terms A reference list of commonly used terms and acronyms related to billing, insurance and electronic medical/health records. – Region I STD TAC, 2014 |
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| STD Billing & Reimbursement Toolkit: What’s in it for me? This presentation provides an overview of the target audiences for the national STD Billing and Reimbursement Toolkit as well a description of the tools that are available. – CDC Learning Hour, 2014 |
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| Healthcare Changes and STDs: When the Money Goes, Will the Services Stay? A series of presentations that discuss the imminent changes in public health STD funding and implications for programs. – CDC 2012 National STD Prevention Conference, 2012 |
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| Public Health Billing Resource Manual Developed to assist state, district and county public health staff in understanding the insurance coding and billing process, this manual provides policy and procedural guidance on how to bill third-party payers for public health programs and services. – Georgia Department of Public Health, 2013 |
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| Third-Party Billing for Public Health STD Services Needs Assessment Results Results from a nationally coordinated needs assessment of STD-certified 340B clinics, project area STD prevention programs, and state public health labs, around billing capacity and training needs. – Region I STD TAC, 2014 |
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| The WA State Local Health Jurisdiction: Immunization Billing Resource Guide A guide on how to bill insurance plans in Washington State (specifically Medicaid, Medicare and private insurance carriers) for immunization services. – Washington State American Reinvestment & Recovery Act (ARRA) Immunization Reimbursement Project Workgroup, 2011 |
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| NACCHO Toolbox This is a collection of materials and resources that public health professionals and other external stakeholders can use to inform and improve their work in the promotion and advancement of public health objectives. – National Association of County & City Health Officials |
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| The NIATx Third-Party Billing Guide: Second Edition The guide intends to help agencies make the transition to billing for their services. It provides step-by-step help for agencies with no third-party billing capacity. For agencies that have some or even extensive experience with billing, the guide gives suggestions for improving collections and strengthening the business practices that are essential to stability and growth. – NIATx, 2011 |
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| The Future of the Infertility Prevention Project: Policy Implications and Recommendations in Light of the PPACA Public health leaders will find this resource helpful to evaluate and modify their organization’s business practices to meet requirements under the ACA. - The Division of STD Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention & the former Infertility Prevention Project Regional Coordinating Agencies, 2011 |
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| Don’t Reinvent the Wheel: Leveraging Systems, Practices and Lessons Learned in Immunization to Support Billing for STD-Related Services The goal of this webinar is to offer STD program leaders in Region II and IV ideas for collaborating with other programs in innovative ways to leverage resources, systems and information to support the development of billing and reimbursement for STD services. – CAI, 2013. Note: this is the second webinar listed. |
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| Building Support and Systems for Billing in Public Health Programs In this webinar, providers will learn about examples of state and local public health programs that have overcome the recent challenges to the implementation and the sustainability of billing in a public health setting. – Cardea, 2013 |
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| Implementing the Affordable Care Act for Adolescent and Young Adults: Practical Considerations An interactive webinar which examines practical topics pertinent to adolescents and young adults in light of ACA, including confidentiality. – HRSA, 2013 |
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To Access Training & Technical Assistance
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| CDC’s National Network of Regional STD-related Reproductive Health, Prevention, Training, and Technical Assistance Centers (STDRHPTTACs) Overview and Contact List |
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| Region I: STD TAC, JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI) | Link |
| Region II: STD TAC, Cicatelli Associates Inc. (CAI) | Link |
| Region III: STD RH TTAC, Access Matters | Link |
| Region IV: STD TAC, Cicatelli Associates Inc. (CAI) | Link |
| Region V: STD RH TTAC, Health Care Education & Training (HCET) | Link |
| Regions VI, IX & X: STD RH TTAC, Cardea Services | Link |
| Regions VII & VIII: SHRPTTAC, JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI) | Link |
| National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) | Link |
| Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) | Link |
| National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA) | Link |
| National Association of City and County Health Officials (NACCHO) | Link |
| American Public Health Association (APHA) | Link |
| Family Planning National Training Centers (FPNTC) | Link |
| STD/HIV National Network of Prevention Training Centers (NNPTC) | Link |
| National Chlamydia Coalition (NCC) | Link |
