Medical Billing Forum
Billing => Billing => : laceyx08 June 08, 2012, 03:44:34 PM
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Hi I have an oncologist who may be interested in coming on board with me. I have no background in oncology billing whatsoever. I do mental health and family practice billing. What am I possibly getting myself into? lol. Is it really hard to do? I don't want to turn away any business but I'm sure it's a lot to learn. Any advice would be appreciated :)
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Everyone has different thoughts and opinions on this. I personally have never shied away from a new specialty. I am not saying I promote learn as you go but I do believe if you are a good biller and the information given to you is clean you can do a good job even with a specialty you are unfamiliar with. I do believe you should do anything you can to familiarize yourself with the specialty. Not all information given is clean and a good biller picks up on mistakes before submitting the claims whenever possible. I haven't done oncology specifically so I can't give you any pointers, but I'm hoping someone else on the forum may be able to help you out.
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I agree, I always try to learn a new specialty. This week I have been approached with 2 different specialty's. It's always great to learn and if you don't like a certain one you can always pass it to some one else and subcontract the work.