I was wondering if anyone can direct me to a place where it is documented that you can't percentage bill for your billing services in the state of MA?
Hi Linda: As I had said in my post I DON'T HAVE ANY INTENTION OF BILLING PERCENTAGE. I guess my biggest question was, "is it appropriate to respond to the two clients who recently hired another billing agency, just because they percentage bill" by sending them an email telling them why I bill the way I do, which is flat rate.....! In your response, I'm thinking it's probably most appropriate to tell them the reason I flat rate bill is number one it's much easier to keep track of and both my clients and myself know, can anticipate what the monthly expense will be, but mostly because it's not legal for a provider to pay a biller percentage..
I did send a quick email, just saying basically, good luck and if it doesn't work out contact me and just a little FYI, the reason I bill flat rate the way I do is to take into account the well being of my clinicians, as it's again the law in MA for a clinician to split fee (percentabe base) the fee they pay to their biller.
I also am finding out that many clinicians have no idea about the billing end, what's appropriate and what isn't. The clinicians I am working for (5 of them), tell me all the time, how much they appreciate me keeping them informed.