WHEREAS, medical billers provide a much-needed service to doctors and other healthcare providers and are a vital segment of the health care industry; and

        WHEREAS, healthcare providers increasingly rely on billing companies to assist them in processing claims in accordance with applicable statutes and regulations, and healthcare providers consult with billing companies for advice about reimbursement matters, as well as overall business decision-making; and

        WHEREAS, medical billers strive to provide a high level of ethical and lawful conduct throughout the entire healthcare industry; and

        WHEREAS, medical billers offer expertise in program reimbursement requirements, help ensure that claims are accurately prepared, and 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;

        Now, THEREFORE, I C.L. “BUTCH” OTTER, Governor of the State of Idaho, do hereby proclaim March 27, 2008 to be

NATIONAL MEDICAL BILLER’S DAY

in Idaho.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho in Boise, Idaho, on this 24th day of March in the year of our Lord two-thousand and eight and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred thirty-second and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred eighteenth.

BEN YSURSA
SECRETARY OF STATE