Billing Hand Off Billing Nightmares Outsourcing a win for some pediatricians
Physicians Practice Article
Billing: Hand Off Billing Nightmares
Outsourcing a win for some pediatricians
By Ken Terry
Peter Masucci, a solo pediatrician in Boxford, Mass., is glad that he outsourced the bulk of his billing and collection to athenahealth, a revenue cycle management firm in Watertown, Mass. His days in accounts receivable has dropped from over 60 to 23 days, “and at the end of the month, there’s money to pay my bills.” Far more of his claims are going out “clean” to insurance companies, so more of them are paid on the first pass. Plus, he cut expenses by eliminating a part-time billing position; now he has only one billing person. Read the full article by clicking the link below.
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