Nearly all my clients have a need to watch their panels and payments very carefully so GOOD reports for me is a MUST! Starting out with a free system does have it's perks in the beginning on a tight budget, but you have to have your future goals in front of you to really make a good informed decision that you can Grow WITH. Data conversions are pricey and complex.. Most software's are so proprietary and extracting data from them can be a real nightmare. Make sure you look at the future goals of your business and not just the here and now. Looking back there are so many things I did to try and save a buck and in the long run it cost me more in time and money. Remember you get what you pay for!
Quote from: PMRNC on February 12, 2011, 02:17:14 PMNearly all my clients have a need to watch their panels and payments very carefully so GOOD reports for me is a MUST! Starting out with a free system does have it's perks in the beginning on a tight budget, but you have to have your future goals in front of you to really make a good informed decision that you can Grow WITH. Data conversions are pricey and complex.. Most software's are so proprietary and extracting data from them can be a real nightmare. Make sure you look at the future goals of your business and not just the here and now. Looking back there are so many things I did to try and save a buck and in the long run it cost me more in time and money. Remember you get what you pay for!This is soo true. I am torn with just using my Office Ally and going with Kareo. I don't want to pay for something that I am not using but I would like to be trained on the system and fully knowledgeable on my software system. Kareao charges $1500 for data conversions straight off the bat, sigh. We shal see. I will definetly be including the per provider fee in my flat fee pricing to cover. I remenber reading a thread about how the provider wasn't sending any billing over to the biller (for about 2 months I think) and I am sure the biller still had to pay for the system that it was using.
Quote from: QueenAlicia on February 14, 2011, 12:42:17 AMQuote from: PMRNC on February 12, 2011, 02:17:14 PMNearly all my clients have a need to watch their panels and payments very carefully so GOOD reports for me is a MUST! Starting out with a free system does have it's perks in the beginning on a tight budget, but you have to have your future goals in front of you to really make a good informed decision that you can Grow WITH. Data conversions are pricey and complex.. Most software's are so proprietary and extracting data from them can be a real nightmare. Make sure you look at the future goals of your business and not just the here and now. Looking back there are so many things I did to try and save a buck and in the long run it cost me more in time and money. Remember you get what you pay for!This is soo true. I am torn with just using my Office Ally and going with Kareo. I don't want to pay for something that I am not using but I would like to be trained on the system and fully knowledgeable on my software system. Kareao charges $1500 for data conversions straight off the bat, sigh. We shal see. I will definetly be including the per provider fee in my flat fee pricing to cover. I remenber reading a thread about how the provider wasn't sending any billing over to the biller (for about 2 months I think) and I am sure the biller still had to pay for the system that it was using.Queen, there is nothing wrong with doing a Data Conversion. Even if you choose Kareo, who is to say you will be with that system for the duration?? We are on our 2nd conversion with a DME company that I bill for. They went from the TDME dos program to the TDME windows based, but we are going to convert to Brightrree soon. Its a part of the process. Which makes more sense a year of free and convert after you get 5 providers, or a year of $200 a month with no providers, or maybe just 1-2 providers?