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medauthor:

--- Quote ---Well Marie, I don't know how to respond but be honest. Most providers will ask you for experience
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I honestly can't imagine a provider outsourcing to someone with no billing experience.....school is wonderful, but there is NOTHING like true billing experience...I tell all my students who want to start their own medical billing business when they finish the program....3-6 months minimum experience before you try your start-up!!

QueenAlicia:

--- Quote from: PMRNC on February 10, 2011, 09:22:19 AM ---
--- Quote ---what will be the idea clientele for newbies?
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Hi Marie, I'm going to assume you are up and ready to market :)  If so I like mental health providers for a few good reasons.  1) many of them are small and even work by themselves so they are easily accessible. 2.) their offices are very rarely busy, as they do not keep more than one maybe 2 patient's in the waiting room, so they are even easily accessible on walk-in's sometimes. 3) because of their profession they are usually very easy going and much less intimidating than other specialties. 4) They usually only deal with a handful of codes.  Some of your small individual therapists or psychologists even work from within offices apart from their home too.

I have also heard chiropractors are pretty easy market and dentists too. A lot of people skip over dental providers but they can be very lucrative.

I'm sure there are others but these are the ones that stick out in my mind for now.

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Linda,

Have you done dental billing?  If so is it difficult?

PMRNC:

--- Quote ---I do mental health and is trying to get out to some other specialties.  I find that's it's a bit 'too much sugar for a dime'.  Many providers don't get auths or do benefits verifications which means you can bill but don't get paid Sad  Unlike normal insurance, you can just bill from the insurance card, with mental health, you have to take the extra steps to verify billing addresses.
Also, they're also bad at collecting copays because it's a sensitive situation to collect money if the patients come to you in mental distress.  What that boils down to is you spending more money sending out statements and maybe not getting paid.
Chiropractors are great if it's high volume and not so many cash patients since they like to keep cash collections for themselves
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I guess it's possible by location but I love my mental health providers. Since I do full practice I get the auth's do verifications and even provide my providers with reports letting them know who needs an OTR and when. Since I do charge flat monthly I am getting paid for every bit of my time so it's like any other specialty, actually more billable time = Higher flat fee :)  I do find the therapists and psychologists to be a bit ...what's the word.. "laid back".. or even lazy sometimes.. ? But they are very easy to please and easy going at the same time. The psychiatrists are much better with the patient volume, they work longer hours, hospital visits, nursing homes, court testimony's, eval's.. etc. but they are a bit more high strung and closely watch their A/R :)

PMRNC:
I have not done dental billing but I could easily make the transition, I did process dental claims when I was a claims examiner but I just found it boring, all those xrays of the mouth.. teeth.. LOL   Dental software is MUCH more user friendly and way less complex. Even today I think dental billing is still the "untapped" market :)
JMO

QueenAlicia:

--- Quote from: marie8480 on February 10, 2011, 01:56:19 PM ---Ok, i never done any medical billing before beside what i've learned from school and read anything i could find on it.
i have a diploma as a Medical assistant and also im on my third semester for an Associate degree in Healthcare Mgnt
back in Canada i went to school to become a nurse than realized that it wasn't for me, now that i know what i want im really into it
i know that it won't be easy to start because of no experience but not impossible. It's not possible for me to go out and get a job as a medical biller right now and beside i always wanted to be my own boss
im married with 3 kids,even know that my husband got a good job working for the rail road, it's just too much to pay for decare for all of my kids.
So any advice you can give me will be welcome, don't try to discourage me from doing that and don't need any negative comments or try to put me down because of no experience.

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Marie, you and I are in the same boat.  My husband has a good job as a Marine but military are underpaid and I too have always wanted to be my own boss.  I have one in daycare and the other is a baby. I know this will be dificult but not impossible.  I am just going to market until I get calls and stay up on all new procedures with billing.  

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