I responded to Christy with a comment about electronic billing directly between the biller and the insurance company. DMK sounds like she is making reference to that comment. But I don't see my post here. Maybe it was deleted by admin?? Maybe I posted to a different thread in error?? I'm posting this mainly to see if it will show up.
Christy, in my original post I stated that direct electronic billing between biller and insurance carrier depended on the carrier and the state. In California, we can send electronic billing directly to Medicare, Blue Cross, and I think Blue Shield of California - and that's it. It has been a while since I checked. You would need to figure out what carriers in your state accept this. I don't know of a master list for all states. At a minimum, you can direct bill to Medicare, if you get permission from them to do so. They will put you through some tests to make certain that your software talks to theirs.