Becoming a DME Biller — DME Billing Orientation Course

Becoming a DME Biller: Billing Orientation

Course Description

A practical orientation for new DME/HME billers. Covers what DMEPOS is and how Medicare pays for it, the DME MACs and CEDI, Standard Written Orders, face-to-face and written-order-prior-to-delivery rules, prior authorization, proof of delivery, patient intake and coordination of benefits, HCPCS coding and modifiers, fee schedules and rentals, claim submission, the 835 remittance, denials and appeals. Six self-paced lessons with a knowledge check after each, followed by a 25-question final assessment requiring 80% to pass. Updated for 2026 rules.

Becoming a DME Biller: Billing Orientation

Course Description

Course Modules

Module 1: The DME Business and the Medicare Landscape

Module 2: Orders, Face-to-Face Encounters and Documentation

Module 3: Patient Intake, Eligibility and Coordination of Benefits

Module 4: Coding the Claim: HCPCS, Modifiers, Diagnoses and Product Codes

Module 5: Fee Schedules, Rentals and Claim Submission

Module 6: Getting Paid: Remittances, Posting, Denials and Appeals

Module 7: Final Assessment

Becoming a DME Biller: Billing Orientation