x-sender: governor.haley@sc.lmhostediq.com x-receiver: governor.haley@sc.lmhostediq.com Received: from mail pickup service by sc.lmhostediq.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 11 Feb 2016 17:21:20 -0500 thread-index: AdFlGohCoAzJhs/+SNK8CBR/o9OZ9Q== Thread-Topic: National Medical Biller's Day From: To: Subject: National Medical Biller's Day Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 17:21:20 -0500 Message-ID: <132FF2CCF49A4CC79D65F46A6D4CD3F0@IQ12> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message Importance: normal Priority: normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.1.7601.17609 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 11 Feb 2016 22:21:20.0176 (UTC) FILETIME=[885C4B00:01D1651A] CUSTOM Ms Maria Lipscomb Member/Instructor American Medical Billing Association 607 Bush River Road Columbia SC 29210 maria.lipscomb@Remingtoncollege.edu 864 541-9225 PROC National Medical Biller's Day 67.61.132.49 Dear Governor Haley, I am writing to you as a member of the American Medical Billing Association (AMBA) and as a resident of Columbia, South Carolina. The AMBA is a professional association of Medical Billers that work with doctors and other health care providers from across the nation to help them get insurance claims paid. Medical Billers comply with a whole host of state and Federal regulations. They utilize processes and information technologies that doctors may not be able to invest in to collect health care dollars. Medical Billers allow providers to concentrate on their patients without maintaining the high costs associated with running a billing office. Also many Medical Billers work directly for doctors and other healthcare provider in their offices. Now more than ever before, Medical Billers provide crucial and integral services required of the reimbursement process. Your support in officially recognizing Medical Billers for their efforts and professionalism would mean a great deal to our industry and individually to our members. Would you please consider proclaiming March 31, 2016 "National Medical Biller's Day? If so, I would appreciate it if you would forward me a copy of the proclamation, so that I may present it to my Association. If you or members of your staff have any questions about "National Medical Biller's Day", please feel free to call me at (864)541-9225 or email me at maria.lipscomb@Remingtoncollege.edu. Thank you for considering this request. Sincerely, Ms. Maria Lipscomb AMBA Member Proposed Proclamation (Wording) WHEREAS, Medical Billers provide a much needed service to doctors and other healthcare providers and provide a vital segment of the health care industry; and WHEREAS, increasingly, health care providers rely on medical billing companies to assist them in processing claims in accordance with applicable statutes and regulations. Additionally, health care providers consult with medical billing companies for advice regarding reimbursement matters, as well as overall business decision-making; and WHEREAS, Medical Billers strive to provide a high level of ethical, lawful and professional conduct throughout the entire health care industry; and WHEREAS, Medical Billers can offer expertise in carrier reimbursement requirements, help ensure that medical claims are accurately prepared to free physicians and other practitioners to devote their energies to the care of their patients; and WHEREAS, Medical Billers continue to influence the billing process in a positive and credible manner and should be recognized for their efforts and their loyalty to the Medical Billing Profession. We are making a concerted effort to bring awareness and recognition to the hard work of Medical Billers across the United States by requesting proclamations from every state! We would be honored to receive a Medical Biller's Day Proclamation from the great state of South Carolina to accomplish our goal! Thank you for your kind consideration!