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Michele:
As Linda said, you need to clarify with the provider if you will or will not be handling patient inquiries when you start their account. If we are handling them we put our phone number on all statements.
Michele
vchere6535:
--- Quote from: Pay_My_Claims on January 29, 2009, 12:34:16 AM ---I just prefer having my own software, and transferring the data from his pc to mines. I do plan to utilize the Iphone for urgent issues (he calls, i am away and he needs me to look at something). I want to have access to all my information should we terminate. I can clean up the files and send his final reports. Also what happens is you are using gotomypc and he terminates your service and you have outstanding claims that you proccessed and need to get paid for???
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omg, do you really transfer everything from Dr's PC on to yours? what id he has a different software, do you do it manually?
Steve Verno CMBS, CEMCS:
a billing company that worked for one of my providers used expensive software that was timed. At 4 weeks it went into review mode so someone from the billing company followed through on the claim. If no one worked the claim, it converted the account from insurance responsibility to patient responsibility. If the patient didnt respond with payment it keyed the account to go to the collection agency. This was embarrassing with Medicaid patients and HMO accounts. If they appealed an HMO account, they had to write off the balance resulting in tons of lost money especially because they never followed through with any appeals.
the software ran the billing company. The other problem was the laziness of the billing staff.
DME biller:
Hello Everyone,
Recently a friend at a DME supplier asked me if I could fill out claims for them & send to their clients insurance. My experience is not in billing, it is in health insurance claims for many yrs. Being a non par DME supplier most of his clients pay in full up front. I would be sending HCFA's to grp health insurance, Medicare, Medicaid etc..., if anything is allowed payment would go to the client, and any insurance questions/EOBs would come to me. I will not be getting into billing the patient, just sending clms to insurance and monitoring EOB's.
Questioning if I need a license for this, doing business from home after work.
Thanks Much
DME
kwardbilling:
Thanks so much for all of this information. I am finding this forum so helpful. I am encouraged as I seem to be doing things correctly, if nothing else it's given me much more self confidence. Thanks!!
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