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Medical Billing Basics in Alberta
Learn how physician billing works in Alberta: AHCIP, fee-for-service, the Schedule of Medical Benefits, what goes into a claim and how refusals and privacy rules are handled. Five short lessons and a quiz, with a certificate of completion.
60minutes
5lessons
1final quiz
Freecertificate of completion
What you’ll be able to do
- Explain what AHCIP covers and what the health card and Personal Health Number do
- Describe fee-for-service payment and how it differs from other ways physicians are paid
- Name the parts of the Schedule of Medical Benefits and use the governing rules before choosing a code
- Check a draft claim against the chart and catch common data-entry errors
- Read a refusal, correct a genuine error and understand why submission time limits matter
- Apply privacy and honest-billing habits that protect patients and the clinic
Curriculum
01
Course lessons
5 lessons · module quiz- 01
How physician services are paid for in AlbertaLesson - 02
Fee-for-service and the Schedule of Medical BenefitsLesson - 03
What goes into a claimLesson - 04
After submission: refusals, time limits and invoicesLesson - 05
Privacy, honest billing and next stepsLesson - 06
QUIZMedical Billing Basics in Alberta: final quizQuiz