Hi - I am new to this site and am finding it full of information. I have been in the medical billing business for about 5 years now and am thinking about going out on my own. I have no idea where to start. Can anyone tell me the first steps to take and approx what the start up costs will be? I will be billing from home and am not sure how that works with the software I purchase. I am looking into Medisoft and trying to figure out how I connect or if I have to connect to the doctors offices. There is so much to the business part that I am afraid I will jump into something to fast! Any information or suggestions would be greatly appreciated...thanks...Tonya
I just found the forum and I have some specific questions. I have been billing for DME for 9 years and have a chance to do some billing for a sales rep who fits braces in doctors offices and he wants someone else to do his billing. My question is will he have a npi or do I have to get one and set up like a business . I am confused on how I will bill for this because I am used to billing for a particular othotist. I guess it is like stock and bill which I am not familar with can anyone give me some answers so I know where to go with this.Thanks.
have you gotten your license to do biz yet?
I'm really not familiar with Claimtek at all so i can't comment on them in particular. It is important that you carefully consider price and functionality when choosing a software. Most likely you will be using it for a long time. If it is too expensive it will eat up all of your profits. If it is too cheap and doesn't perform well, it will hurt you too.As far as webs, there are a couple people on the forum that do them, such as Linda. I would just ask for some samples that you can view, and look at the terms, such as how changes/updates are handled and what happens if you decide to no longer use their service. My aunt had someone do a website for her and when she notified her she would no longer be using her which was a couple years later and the woman was horrible at doing updates, she tried to delete the whole site. Thankfully I have enough background that we were able to save it for her. Good luckMichele
In your experience, what would you say the average monthly receiveables for a psychiatrist are?