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aknittel914:
Hi all! I am in the beginning stages of my new company. I have a potential client that would like me to start billing Aug 1! YIKES!

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.

TIA!

PMRNC:

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--- Quote ---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.
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If you bundle the costs of software/clearinghouse you can only utilize those for that client..but, I suggest going ahead and utilizing what they have in place and if it's not working for them make that a goal of your services to get them setup on another system. I can recommend a few to you but 8/1 is really pushing it for you to learn, sign up, etc. Find out what they have in place and then take it from there.

williamportor:
Try hewedi.com they are the clearinghouse I use. They work with most practice management software programs, or they you can use their own free entry software. They bill mostly electronic, but can drop to paper if you need to. Fees are pretty reasonable. :) 

Christy:
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!

PMRNC:
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.

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