| How do you go about finding the right electronic billing | | | | updated. You may want to check with a |
| clearing house for you? It is fairly easy to find the right | | | | representative from the Clearing House to see if that |
| one when you know what to look for. | | | | company has been recently added, or if they are in |
| You need to get a little information together before | | | | the testing process, which means they will be on the |
| you start comparing benefits. If you get your | | | | list soon. |
| information together before you start, you'll find it a lot | | | | How much do they charge? Is it a per claim fee? Is |
| quicker to find the electronic billing clearing house that is | | | | there a monthly minimum? How much if they drop the |
| right for you. | | | | claim to paper? Do they have a set up fee? |
| Remember, not all insurances can be submitted | | | | Do they offer support with their service, or is there an |
| electronically. Medical claims processing is changing | | | | extra charge? |
| with emerging technology, but not everyone is on | | | | Some of the ones you check on may not be equipped |
| board yet. | | | | to submit electronically to all the companies that are |
| We suggest that you check at least 2 - 3 different | | | | important to you. You'll need to decide how important |
| companies - the more the better. Over time, the | | | | the company is, or find out if they will be adding them |
| difference in cost can be substantial. You'll need to | | | | soon. |
| know:o Which insurance companies are the most | | | | The prices will vary between clearing houses. But you |
| important to you to send electronically? Or another | | | | will want to compare all aspects, not just the price. Be |
| way to ask it is which insurance companies are the | | | | careful when choosing the one that is right for you, but |
| biggest for your area? Usually Medicare is a big one, | | | | don't be afraid to change if somewhere down the |
| followed closely by Blue Cross Blue Shield. Choose the | | | | road it doesn't work out. |
| ones that you send the most claims for and which | | | | We started out with a Electronic Billing Clearing House |
| companies are mandating electronic submissions.o | | | | that we thought was good, and it turned out to be run |
| How many claims do you send in a week or a month | | | | by a couple people in their garage! We had to switch |
| that are capable of going electronically? Once you | | | | and we had to switch quick. Thankfully, we didn't have |
| know what insurance companies you want to submit | | | | much money tied up with the first one. The second |
| electronically and about how many claims you submit | | | | one we used worked great, until they got bought out |
| you are ready to start comparing the options. Now | | | | by a bigger company. Then we switched to software |
| you want to know:o Is this electronic billing clearing | | | | that allowed us to act as our own electronic billing |
| house capable of submitting electronically to the | | | | clearing house. That worked well for several years, but |
| insurance companies I want? They will have a list | | | | another buyout later and we were searching again. |
| available to you of all of the companies that they are | | | | We have bought yet another program to do it |
| currently set up with for electronic transmission. Check | | | | ourselves and it's working great. This may seem like a |
| their list to make sure your big companies are on it. If | | | | lot of switching around but considering it was over a 14 |
| there are one or two that are not on it, but most are, | | | | year period, it really isn't. My point is, if something isn't |
| make sure you check to see how often the list is | | | | working, find something that does! |