• Compared with "helper" kind of software...
  • Has the same ease-of-use...but features more appropriate for a busy practice.
  • Offers significantly greater productivity
  • Offers followup systems that are more robust...and easier to use
  • The billing person doesn't have to remember hundreds of billing procedures...protecting the practice when there is a turnover, a vacation, or so on.
• Software has productivity features such that one person can handle all the billing for the practice.
• Software absolutely eliminates the need for expensive networked systems.
• As the practice grows...takes on more therapists...there will be no need to switch billing systems.
• Software has the high-end features of expensive software...but is available for a very reasonable price.
• Family organization of data eliminates redundant data-entry (and maintenance) of addresses, policies, and so on.
• Clients do not have to be re-entered for each therapists...as is common with "helper" kind of software.

Larger practices

Note: The software is designed to double the productivity of your office staff. A practice with 15-20 therapists can easily work with the single-user version of Summit-Edge. Also, the single-user version is faster...and does not require expensive equipment and support. So, one should not be too quick to seek out the network version. We encourage you to use the single-user version as long as possible. Having said that, a network version of the software is scheduled for release on 1/1/05.

Software has features that will often double office productivity...there will be fewer calls for more personnel...and more sophisticated equipment.
• Insurance payments are batched under a check#, for fast cash reconciliation.
• "Transfer" adjustments are automatic...user never has to spend time on it.
• Family payments are auto-posted...user does not have to "apply" (and later fix) payments.
• Family organization allows sharing of records for addresses, policies, etc...so there is less data to enter and maintain.
• Hcfas can be configured to handle a myriad of different formats...manual corrections are rare.
• Statements are very understandable...so billing questions are significantly reduced
• Accounts never have to be "analyzed"...software does the analysis for you.

 

• Software has features that promote relentless insurance followup

  • Followup work center lists problem claims...shows what has been done...and allows easy access to relevant info. From this point, user does the followup (marks for rebilling, etc.). With followup done, the claim drops out of the work center. The goal, of course, is to empty the work center.
  • Reports like "Where's My Money?" draws everyone's attention to what specifically has not been paid. This is a big improvement over aging reports that are overly summarized.
  • The "Insurance processed" report shows the processing for a batch of E.O.B.'s. With rejection and payment information presented, everyone who reviews this report is alerted to problems...deductibles, no authorization, and on and on.

   

• Software has a payout system that vastly simplifies the distribution of client fees to therapists. At the end of each pay period, simply run the payout report...which provides the data needed for writing checks.
• Software is highly structured...and there is a lot of error-checking...so, you can safely let inexperienced workers do a lot of the data-entry. It makes management a lot easier.

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