Hi,
Thanks for the helpful info Cady! It's nice to have more than one answer/opinion on questions. Cady had great advice, so I will just add a little more.
We use Lytec and we love it. It is reasonably priced for what you get. However, like Cady said, if you can work with what you are already familiar with that would be great. It is important to make sure your software and your clearinghouse will be compatible.
We have separate software that allows us to submit direct to many carriers. The software is a little pricey, but it saves us a ton on clearing house fees. For the quantity we bill it is way worth it.
I'm not sure how you will go about billing for the one client without having your software in place. I don't know how you can go thru their EDI setup. I do know of several billing services who use web based software. It makes it easier for them to get the info from the longer distance clients. I can't really comment too much since I've never used it.
I think you first need to decide what direction you will be going software wise, then the rest can be determined, one step at a time. Exciting getting started, isn't it?
Good luck and use the forum to help you along the way! There are a lot of intelligent people out here and we can all help each other out!
Michele