Your Billing Check-Up...
• Is your office submitting your claims to insurance companies electronically?
• Is your practice staying up-to-date on all of your medical billing software?
• How much do you spend on annual support, clearing -houses and computer hardware to perform your medical billing and claims processing?
• What measures are in place to make sure your medical billing staff doesn't forget to submit any claims?
• Is your billing staff following-up on claims proactively every two to three weeks?
• Are you charging enough for your medical procedures?
• Are your billers promptly filing secondary and tertiary claims?
• Does your billing staff line-item post each EOB?
• Is your staff billing self-pay amounts after all insurance payments are received?
• Are your billers coordinating collection efforts with a collection agency based on your protocol?