Quality Tools for Medical billing process

1)Cause & effect diagram ( Fish bone chart) Identifies many possible causes for an effect or problem and sorts ideas into useful categories (like coding related or insurance related). 2) Check sheet  A structured, prepared form for collecting and analyzing data; a generic tool that can be adapted for a wide variety of purposes. 3)Control Chart ( Graph) Graphs used to study how a process changes over time 4)Histogram The most commonly used graph for showing frequency distributions, or how often each different value in a set of data occurs. 5)Pareto Chart Shows on a bar graph which factors are more significant 6) Scatter Diagram Graphs pairs of numerical data, one variable on each axis, to look for a relationship. 7) Stratification A technique that separates data gathered from a variety of sources so that patterns can be seen (some lists replace "stratification" with "flowchart" or "run chart").