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Pay_My_Claims:
have you gotten your license to do biz yet?

Alice Scott:
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 luck
Michele

aksharhealth:

--- Quote from: Pay_My_Claims on July 17, 2010, 05:50:37 PM ---have you gotten your license to do biz yet?

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I am in state of MD which does not require License.

aksharhealth:

--- Quote from: admin on July 18, 2010, 07:39:36 PM ---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 luck
Michele



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Thank you Michelle.
Linda, Can you help me with website and brochures.

lbrill:
Hello,

My name is Lon.  Like many who have posted within this forum I am new to the medical billing business.  I am still in learning mode and have not yet gotten to the point of business cards, web sites, marketing, etc....    I will be getting to this fairly soon, I have mostly been learning about this in general.  To give some background, I currently have a day job in Information Technology and it affords me the ability to mostly work from home.  As such, I will have some time to start my own medical billing business. 

I have completed a home based course (this allows me to atleast get an understanding of the process).  In addition, I have purchased many books on how this business is run, have read some and am continuing to educate myself.  I know that my next steps are to demo different software and choose one, do my marketing research and write a business plan (not necessarily in my order).

I am finding one item to be a rough spot though, the marketing research will need to focus on strategy, but to get to that point I need to have a target.  While there are many types of providers out there I am not sure which type makes most sense to start with.   Are there any types that are better for individuals new to this business or am I better off just randomly picking some targets  off a medicare participating list (in essence "throwing mud at the wall and seeing what sticks")? 

One other question I would ask, is that in thinking about this, I believe the best place to get started would maybe be a new/younger doctor beginning their own practice.  Are there any lists that exist where I could find this detail of information?

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Lon

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