Overview - Medical Billing Service

Typical user

Individual practitioners

A billing service is a great solution for individual-practitioners...that do not have access to billing support...that want to see more clients, rather than using their valuable time in billing activities.

Small practices

It can be difficult for small practices to recruit and retain qualified billing specialists. Doing in-house billing is often a false economy. Client fees are often lost. It often makes more sense to pay fees to a billing service...than to see client fees falling through the cracks...because of mistakes and oversights.

Comparison with other billing services

One-person services

These services are typically operated by individuals with non-professional backgrounds. Typically, the fees are a little less...but the services are basic and limited. Some are very good...some are not so good. It is almost always a mistake letting the lowest fee service do your billing.

Corporate services

Corporate services typically ofter more comprehensive services, expert-billing and greater billing reliability. Not surprisingly, the fees tend to be at the top of the scale. Another problem is that the services are not as personal...in that personnel changes frequently.

Summit-Edge

Summit-Edge fits in-between one-person and corporate services. We provide corporate quality services...with the affordability and personal touch of one-person services. It is the best of both worlds!

Services

Standard services

• Intake-entry services
• Transaction-entry services
• Family collection services
• Insurance-setup
• Insurance-collection
• On-site data access

Optional services

• Accounting coordination
• Special collection services

Implementation

• Call for the information packet.
• From that packet, mail in the "Request for Proposal".
• Evaluate the proposal...and select your options
• Review the implementation plan
• Convert data (if applicable)
• On-site implementation

Pricing

• Piece rate...for each service provided

$6.75 - Setup new client

$6.75 - Setup new Insurance policy

$ .90 - Process a session or other charge

$ .45 - Process a co-payment

$ .90 - Process a payment mailed in by the family

$2.75 - Process insured session, per session per policy (includes postage)

$ .90 - Send out a client statement (includes postage)

• Special collection services - $25/hour
• Accounting coordination - $40/hour
• On-site data access - Free

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