Tuesday, October 26, 2010

What Providers Need for their Administrative Services?



·         Three main things about every provider have concern.

o   Documentation

o   Revenue

o   Increasing overhead

·         Physician Basic administrative Requirements;

o   EMR + Billing

·         System which can automate there entire billing process.

o   Starting point of cause

o   Data Entry

o   Charge Entry

o   Claim Submission

o   Re-imbursement by the payer

·         Tools that provide to handle the practice in efficient manner.

·         Provider need to get rid of taking multiple systems

o   Till to date there is tendency to have multiple systems.

o   Difficult to carry out different operations of practice.

o   EMR for clinical documentation.

o   PMS for billing.

o   Financial admins.

o   Data Management tools for reports.

o   Appointment Scheduler for Appointment Scheduling.

·         Need to pool to integrate all data at one place & to get maximum benefit of technology (EMR).

·         Technology should increase the efficiency of entire billing process.

o   Leading to decrease in errors

o   Delays of payments

o   Denials

o   & Increase in cash flow.

·         Providers need solution at one place that ties together every solution;

o   Physician office work flow.

o   Appointment Scheduling.

o   Treatments.

o   Patient Follow-ups.

o   Billing Process.

o   Collection.

·         Advantages of EMR Technology.

o   Easy to use & easy to manage.

o   Automatically sharing of information from EMR to Billing system.

o   Automatically elimination of redundant due to access to all patient information & insurance information.


o   Quickly distribution of data from one central point to other different modules.

o   Procedure/Diagnosis codes just added once during treatment & system makes availability of these codes for billing.

o   Transfer of e-Superbills with procedure/diagnosis codes to billing system to send claims.

·         Denial Management / Collections / Accounts Receivables

o   Easy to select proper codes.

o   To create e-Superbills right at Point of Service.

o   Accuracy in checking while capturing of charges.

o   E&M Coder / Wizard.

o   Automated claim generation

o   Automated claim submission to insurance in minutes

o   No hassle of day or two process.

·         Reporting System to Practice & Patient.

o   Customized reports.

o   Easy to access all supporting documents/reports.

o   Unique than standalone billing system.

o   Useful in case of audit, complete patient charts & documentation available for verification.

·         Online Eligibility Verification.

o   Instant online check.

o   Streamlines patient registration process.

o   Sending to right insurance carriers.

o   Reduce denials.

o   Fewer days in A/R

o   Increase in revenue.

o   Reduces large amount of paper work.

o   Decrease problem of collecting non-paying patients & overall collection cost.

o   Enhance in productivity & quality of care.

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