When tasked with billing for hospital visits, not coding them, but billing them – is it standard practice to read over over hospital note you are billing for? Currently, I am not reading over hospital visit notes, as the provider tells me who they saw and what level to bill. It was bought to my attention that I should be reading over each note before I bill for them. I wanted to get info from others, as in twenty plus years in "billing" not coding, I have never read over a hospital visit note before keying the charge, nor have I ever had a problem with that when audited by the insurance carrier. Please let me you your thoughts on this, or if you can point me to any "billing" rules that state I must read over the notes. As a coder, I would say most def, but as a "biller" I think not. Help please.