1
: advertising or public promotion (as of a product or personality)
also
: relative prominence of a name in such promotion
got top billing
2
: total amount of business or investments (as of an advertising agency) within a given period
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These partners manage the entire quote-to-cash process, including quoting, underwriting, billing, subscriptions, invoicing and collections.
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Ashish Srimal, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Voting on the same set of health extenders as last night's CR would mean the larger health care package including PBM changes, drug patent reforms and a hospital billing reform remains stalled.
—Peter Sullivan, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
In addition to imposing mental and physical burdens on patients and their families, the endless haggling over pre-authorizations and billings bloats costs.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
The bill would protect companies from additional reductions in their billings by removing oxygen from Medicare’s competitive bidding program, which has saved taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
—Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 16 Dec. 2024
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Ashish Srimal, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Voting on the same set of health extenders as last night's CR would mean the larger health care package including PBM changes, drug patent reforms and a hospital billing reform remains stalled.
—Peter Sullivan, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
In addition to imposing mental and physical burdens on patients and their families, the endless haggling over pre-authorizations and billings bloats costs.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
The bill would protect companies from additional reductions in their billings by removing oxygen from Medicare’s competitive bidding program, which has saved taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
—Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Billing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/billing. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
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