The National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) has collaborated with key partners to develop a resource to support the sustained delivery of STD services in the face of a changing funding and policy landscape. This guide seeks to meet the needs of a range of providers, serving not as a technical manual, but rather an introduction to what providers need to consider as they approach the decisions surrounding third-party billing.

This guide includes:

• Overview of the policy and funding landscape
  impacting the decision-making around billing third party
  payers, including provisions in the Affordable
  Care Act that will expand insurance coverage
  through Medicaid expansion and the development
  of state-based insurance exchanges.
• Analysis of state and local statutory and regulatory
  obstacles which may impede billing a third party
  for STD-related services and recommendations for
  possible solutions.
• Four case studies highlighting the experiences
  of STD programs and clinics that are currently
  billing third-party payers for STD-related services,
  or are in the process of laying the groundwork
  or developing a plan to implement a third-party
  billing practice. These case studies offer real world
  examples of partnerships and business models for
  building relationships with third-party payers.
• Sample superbill (encounter form) illustrating
  a representative selection of International
  Classification of Diseases (ICD) diagnostic codes
  and Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes
  used to describe medical procedures to help
  familiarize you with the way that STD-related
  services are translated into the language spoken
  with third-party payers. This section also includes a
  brief orientation to the forthcoming shift from ICD-
  9 codes to ICD-10 codes in 2014 in a coding primer.
• Third-party billing terminology reference sheet
  with definition of commonly used terms.
• Throughout the guide we ask questions designed
  to help you draw connection back to your own
  context and support you as you map out next steps.