Thank you! I agree it is still acceptable. Just wondering if anyone out there is using a different company worth checking-out.
Hello,For those who are using Office Ally as clearinghouse, you should have began seeing this notice popping-up each time you open Office Ally to send your claims this week. With the Office Ally Non-par list getting longer and longer, pretty soon we will be paying $35 per month for each Provider no matter how small that Practice is. Any thoughts? Any recommendations of a clearinghouse that will not break the bank? Thank you!!!!Jocelyn
Curious how many OA users have individual accounts/separate usernames for each client vs one account/username and combine all providers into one username. I have over 12 providers each with separate usernames. If each providers account was assessed the $35.00/month fee that would total $455.00/month which is no longer an inexpensive clearinghouse. As the non-par list grows and grows each month and most likely will end up with all payors as non-par, this is an unexpected expense for billers who were never subject to this fee before. I understand we can pass the fee to our clients, just curious if anyone uses one username and combines all providers accounts under one log on.
I use Kareo in my medical billing and consulting practice. I'm very pleased with it! There is a cost associated with it for each provider, but I can create claims and submit in one program. I charge back the cost to my clients; Most are okay with it, but one asked me to see if there was anything cheaper. She suggested Office Ally. She said that one of her colleagues uses it and swears by it. She said it's free. I reminded her that free could be very costly, but I would look into it. Well, after reading the posts, it's my understanding that using their clearinghouse is free for commercial payers, but I still have to pay for the use of a billing program. Is that correct?
We used OA for many years and $19.95 or even $35 is reasonable. The part that did it for us was the charge per NPI/EIN combination. That would increase us to over $2000 per month! We looked at Availity as we used to use them in the past, but I couldn't get them to respond to my inquiries. In the meantime we found ClaimMD which only runs us a couple hundred dollars per month and so far we love the system. We absolutely loved OA and would never have switched if we weren't pushed but the new system seems even better. We are excited about moving forward. We used the OA PMS system with one provider but we did not like that at all.