Practice credential · 03 · Founders Round
Mastering Paramedical Billing.
The business and regulatory framework around the work: insurance, coding, compliance and the practice infrastructure that turns a service into a livelihood.
I. About the program
What it takes to run the practice.
Paramedical practitioners arrive at the work as artists and clinicians. They are rarely trained in the business and regulatory infrastructure the work demands: insurance billing systems, coding standards, compliance frameworks and the medical-adjacent scaffolding that determines whether a practitioner builds a livelihood or runs the work as a side activity.
Mastering Paramedical Billing addresses this directly. It is taught for practitioners who are credentialed in technique and ready to formalise the business around it: legal entity structure, insurance billing where applicable, CPT and ICD coding conventions, HIPAA compliance, patient records and the financial infrastructure of a serious practice.
This is the Academy's Founders Round. The first cohort receives direct access to Dr. Rusnak and the opportunity to shape the curriculum for future cohorts. The Certificate in Paramedical Practice Compliance and Billing is the credential awarded.
II. Curriculum
What the program covers.
Legal entity structure
LLC versus sole proprietorship, professional service entities, state-specific requirements and the liability framework around medical-adjacent practice.
HIPAA and patient records
What HIPAA requires of paramedical practitioners, secure records management, photographic consent and storage, and breach response.
CPT and ICD coding conventions
Coding paramedical procedures correctly, the small set of CPT codes relevant to the work, and ICD coding for the underlying conditions.
Insurance billing and reimbursement
When and how to bill insurance, what is reimbursable, pre-authorisations, and what to do when claims are denied.
Cash-pay practice infrastructure
Pricing strategy, payment processing, financing options and the financial back office of a cash-pay practice.
Regulatory compliance
FDA, MoCRA, OSHA, EPA and the state-specific regulations that govern where and how paramedical practitioners may operate.
Practice management systems
Software tools, client management, scheduling, marketing automation and the operational stack behind a working practice.
Assessment and credentialing
A pre-class quiz on the manual, case-study practice on real billing scenarios, and the awarding of the Academy credential.
III. Details
Format, schedule and investment.
Announced to the waitlist first when enrollment opens.
Delivered as a Dr. Rusnak Academy online program.
Formalising the business around work they already do.
Certificate in Paramedical Practice Compliance and Billing.
Founders Round
The first online cohort receives direct access to Dr. Rusnak and helps shape the curriculum for the cohorts that follow. Dates and tuition are announced to the waitlist first.
- Entity structure and the liability framework around medical-adjacent practice
- HIPAA and records, including photographic consent and storage
- Coding and billing: the CPT and ICD conventions that apply, pre-authorisations, denials
- Cash-pay infrastructure for procedures insurance does not cover
- Direct access to Dr. Rusnak in the first cohort
IV. Who it is for
Who the practice credential is for.
- Practitioners credentialed in technique who are ready to formalise the business
- Practice owners adding insurance billing or structuring a cash-pay practice
- Clinic staff responsible for records, coding and compliance
- Education, not a billing service: the Academy does not promise reimbursement outcomes
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Mastering Paramedical Billing.
Each track culminates in a credential awarded by Dr. Rusnak Academy and signed by Dr. Rusnak.