Spring Hill collects more on medical bills than county

By TONY HOLT

Hernando Today

SPRING HILL – The Spring Hill fire district has collected at least 90 percent of its medical billing nearly every year since 2003 – a double-digit improvement compared to the county’s fire and rescue services.

For the five annual billing cycles beginning September 2003 and [...]

Outsourced Medical Billing must pursue underpayments

You are losing up to ten percent of your collections if payer underpayments are not being aggressively pursued by your outsourced medical billing company. It is simply a minimum requirement of being in business that medical billing services compare your payments to the amounts your payers have agreed to pay you.

If [...]

Electronic Medical Billing Save Money by Improving Office Procedures

Electronic medical billing makes life easier and collections more successful in a medical practice. Questions about medical bills can be answered before the bill becomes past due because of quicker response times. Complicated payment procedure for insurance companies will no longer overwhelm a billing office.

The increased productivity in billing can be [...]

Two studies assess cost of doc-office paperwork

While how much of a medical practice’s administrative overhead can be classified as “waste” is still open to debate, two new studies posted on the Health Affairs Web site attempt to put a price tag on these clerical tasks and on how much a medical practice must spend before it can extract a check from [...]

With doctors’ workloads increasing, medical billing becomes growth industry

By Jeff Brooks, Special to Ocala Business Journal

OCALA — For many doctors, the toughest part of the job isn’t the grueling work schedule or the never ending license requirements, it’s the bottom line.

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“The hardest part of being a doctor is getting paid,” said Betsy Diago, owner of [...]

Why outsourcing medical billing? What are the benefits?

These are the initial queries to anyone because medical billing service is a growing opportunity and covers a wide range of activities to the ever-expanding healthcare industry. One should outsource medical billing services to India or any other outsourcing destination? This is a very tough decision for any one and partially depends on own [...]

Outsourcing medical billing

In today’s competitive economy outsourcing medical billing seems to be a great option for the health care companies. Now the question arises as where

to outsource medical billing. The best possible destination as of now for outsourcing medical billing seems to be India. Let us look at the benefits of medical billing outsourcing [...]

Outsourcing Medical Billing

In the past few years there is a dramatic change in the medical field and its treatment. Initially, while processing the insurance claims there are many administrative difficulties during the preparation of insurance policy procedures and dealing with complicated claim forms. To overcome with these obscurity doctors look out for outside help, and hire representatives [...]

What You Need to Know If You Are a Medical Practice Considering Outsourcing Your Billing

By Dallas Alford

More and more medical practices are outsourcing their billing which has become a viable business option due to rising operational costs, declining reimbursement rates and an increase in the cost of technology that is required if an in-house effort is pursued.

In short outsourcing can dramatically improve a practices financial results and allow them [...]

Medical Billing Opportunities: Worth a Second Opinion

If you’re looking for a home-based business that can help you pull in $20,000 to $45,000 a year using your computer, a work-at-home opportunity doing medical billing may sound like the perfect choice. But before you part with your money, consider this: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has brought charges against promoters [...]