I am stuck, because I do not have a medical billing/practice management software nor do I have a clearinghouse setup.
I have been coding and billing for 7 years, but I have been in the dark with the setup portion... Any suggestions on these two topics? Is it best to have my own software or do I use the clients software? Any specific clearinghouses that are affordable and helpful. I plan on doing a flat fee and I want to bundle these two things into my overhead. I just feel like they are so expensive for my smaller clients.
But why go through the extreme troubles and stall to cash flow by changing / transitioning software now? This is what I don't understand why new billers turn away clients who don't want to utilize and transition to a new software. Even if it's a BAD system.. it just makes more sense to get things current and then later introduce a new solution. I've seen a lot of billers lose potentially good clients because of this ONE tiny thing.
if it's a small-ish practice, I heartily recommend Practice Mate/Office Ally...it's 100% free unless gov't claims (Medicare, Medicaid, etc) make up over 50% of claims volume in any given month. In months that that happens, there is a small fee of $19.95. They have awesome training and customer service to boot!