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Medical Billing – Outsourcing

Medical Billing – Outsourcing To outsource or not to outsource that is the question. Your practice is growing and busy. Your staff is very busy servicing incoming patients, answering busy phone calls, and whatever the crisis du jour might be in your office that day. Life can’t be planned, as a physician you know that more than most. You don’t have time for coding errors, which when you do your own medical billing and coding, unfortunately are a fact of life. Most coding errors are just that, plain old human error. When your staff gets rushed and distracted from what they are doing, and it happens in the most well

Published By: Melissa Clark, CCS-P on July 21, 2005

Is DME A Profitable Venture?

Is DME A Profitable Venture? Until recent years, not really. The cost of the products versus having to track claims, find re-imbursements, and keep up with claims status; made DME a very labor intensive venture. With the advent of specialized DME/HME software, secure internet connections, and standardized billing procedures; DME can now be a very profitable venture. In your practice, you will want to be sure that the product(s) you are dispensing are profitable. You need to watch the pricing of the product costs, in some instances, your product costs may be more than the carrier is willing to reimburse you for. When handling for Medicare patients, the process is

Published By: Melissa Clark, CCS-P on July 19, 2005

Is It Beneficial To Outsource Your Medical Billing?

Is It Beneficial To Outsource Your Medical Billing? In a word, absolutely. There are a lot of pros to outsourcing your medical billing. Your practice will benefit from outsourcing because with the burden of medical billing handled outside your office, you and your staff will have more time to run your business. It will allow you time to develop relationships with new patients and more time for marketing your practice. Using an outside firm to handle your medical billing will result in greater accuracy meaning this will expedite your revenue for your practice. A billing service is going to have the time to check and double check claims to make

Published By: Melissa Clark, CCS-P on June 30, 2005

Offering Medical Billing in New Jersey

Offering Medical Billing in New Jersey Are you a health care provider in New Jersey, looking to outsource your Medical Billing? Look no further! With our experience and expertise, we can meet all your Medical Billing needs. Because we service New Jersey health care providers, we are familiar with New Jersey state requirements for filing insurance, Medicaid and Medicare claims forms. That means you do not need to worry about costly coding, filing, or data-entry errors that can increase turn-around time on your reimbursements. Concerned about HIPAA Compliance? Don’t be. When you allow us to meet all your Medical Billing needs, you can rest assured that we are under the

Published By: Melissa Clark, CCS-P on June 27, 2005

Medical Billing in California

Medical Billing in California Are you a health care provider in California? Have you discovered the benefits of outsourcing your Medical Billing? We are an experienced Medical Billing company, serving the state of California. We have the knowledge and expertise to meet all your Medical Billing needs. Because we service health care providers in the state of California, we are familiar with all of California’s requirements for filing insurance, Medicaid and Medicare claims forms. That means no more costly errors that can increase turn-around time. Outsourcing your Medical Billing frees up your staff to focus on patient care rather than insurance claim forms. Outsourcing keeps your overhead costs low, increases

Published By: Melissa Clark, CCS-P on June 21, 2005