Medical claims processing

Health care facilities around the country see numerous patients every day. An important part of their operation is the health care providers that they choose to employ. Some hire better doctors, nurses, and technicians. Therefore, they are frequented by more patients. Many people do not realize that an important part of a health care [...]

Minnesota goes electronic today with medical billing

By Jeff Hansel

The state of Minnesota is turning a corner that no other state has dared face in the same way.

A 2007 law takes effect today, requiring “electronic billing of all health care claims.”

The effort to eliminate paperwork, standardize billing terms and reduce errors will save [...]

Accurate Medical Billing Practices Are Essential

Doctors are busy all day long attending to patients and keeping staff happy. You are a doctor, not an accountant. But if the financial end of your medical practice isn’t well organized and working like clockwork, you might risk losing your business altogether. Keeping accurate billing records and making sure you keep the cash [...]

Medical Billing Software Helps With Payment Collection

The demands of any medical office, whether small practice or large, can be overwhelming. You can set your watch to the fact that if your clinic opens at 8:00 a.m., there will be patients lined up waiting on the doors to open 15 minutes (or more) ahead of time. With a constant [...]

Outsourced Medical Billing Software and Service Selection in 14 Steps

Over four thousand vendors of medical billing services offer solutions to medical practices nationwide in response to poor in-house billing performance and increasing regulatory scrutiny of billing processes. On one hand, such a large number of outsourced billing solutions ensure continued competitiveness in terms of both service quality and pricing. On the other hand, the [...]

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 [...]

Billing Outsource – Where and When

The health care industry is booming and the competition is increasing everyday. The best possible way for a company to survive in this competitive

economy is to cut costs and the best way to do it is by outsourcing services.

In the health care industry, medical billing is a cumbersome process. To manage an [...]

Outsource Medical Billing Services

The process of collecting fees for medical services is called medical billing. The medical bill which is issued by the physician is said to be a claim. Medical billing may be handled directly by the physician and his or her staff, or it may be administered by a third party. The third party is an [...]