Soapware and billing

[Guest guest]

I have a question to the Soapware users among us:

What software do you use for you billing?

Thanks, Marius

[Guest guest]

Hello -

I use Soapware and have been very happy with it for a

little over a year. I am essentially a cash-only

practice so I don't bill insurance. However, we still

generate a 'superbill' for patients so they can bill

their own insurance. We created a report in the

Soapware program (one of the cool features of Soapware

is that you can create a custom report which is

automatically populated with info from any field you

choose - demographic, progress note, ICD9, medication,

etc.) and it provides all the necessary information

for patients to bill. Depending on your volume you

may be able to get away with just that function.

We used the report function to create lab orders,

radiology orders, consult/referall requests, so

everything is generated out of the EMR for the most

part.

If you are going to do a more high volume practice and

contract with multiple insurers, then you will

probably benefit from a billing software (especially

if you want to do electronic billing for Medicare,

etc.)

Rancho Mirage

1 year in LOVE practice, no insurance, opted out of

Medicare, about 400 patients, consistently seeing 3-8

patients per day, I bill for phone and internet

consults with established patients, and I do house

calls!

--- marissa wrote:

> I have a question to the Soapware users among us:

>

> What software do you use for you billing?

>

> Thanks, Marius

>

>

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[Guest guest]

To all those Cash-only practices out

there:

1) Have you had major issues with patients

not getting their re-imbursement correctly? I have had a devil of a time with

CareFirst (BCBS) who persist in making payments to the practice I left over 18

months ago (instead of sending checks to the patients who have paid up front!) I

have mailed, e-mailed, called this company numerous times, and still the

problem persists. I have been told that I cannot take my name “off’

as participating with the old practice and I have been told that I need a “non-partipating

ID number”. It is to the point that I want to call someone in the state

house to report this nonsense! Does anyone have experience with this problem,

and if so, know of a way to “fix” it? (Or know anyone important in

the CareFirst organization? J)

2) My practice is part of the TransforMed

study and I have been told that I need

a “user-friendly” document for patients to help them ‘walk

through” this process of submitting their own claims. In trying not to “re-invent

the wheel” I wonder if anyone out there has already created such a

document that I could look at.

Thanks for any input you can provide.

Ramona

Ramona Seidel, M.D.

Bay Crossing Family Medicine

polis, MD

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12:58 PM

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Soapware and billing

Hello -

I use Soapware and have been very happy with it for a

little over a year. I am essentially a cash-only

practice so I don't bill insurance. However, we still

generate a 'superbill' for patients so they can bill

their own insurance. We created a report in the

Soapware program (one of the cool features of Soapware

is that you can create a custom report which is

automatically populated with info from any field you

choose - demographic, progress note, ICD9, medication,

etc.) and it provides all the necessary information

for patients to bill. Depending on your volume you

may be able to get away with just that function.

We used the report function to create lab orders,

radiology orders, consult/referall requests, so

everything is generated out of the EMR for the most

part.

If you are going to do a more high volume practice and

contract with multiple insurers, then you will

probably benefit from a billing software (especially

if you want to do electronic billing for Medicare,

etc.)

Rancho Mirage

1 year in LOVE practice, no insurance, opted out of

Medicare, about 400 patients, consistently seeing 3-8

patients per day, I bill for phone and internet

consults with established patients, and I do house

calls!

--- marissa <cacciarim>

wrote:

> I have a question to the Soapware users among us:

>

> What software do you use for you billing?

>

> Thanks, Marius

>

>

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[Guest guest]

I am using Lytec and am using the Zirmed process for electronic billing. Started with Lytec because I followed a solo practitioner one month of residency and he used that. The advantage is that you can buy it and not have to update unless you want to. His has been working for him for 7 years with the single $1000 investment. However, Lytec is not entirely intuitive, and I had the advantage of having someone I could go to to figure how to straighten things out if I got it wrong, who didn't charge me hundreds of dollars an hour. I use Zirmed for e-billing because that way I could not worry about any HIPPA problems: that was their shtick. I can print out all my physical bills from Lytec or from Zirmed if I want. There is an interface between Soapware and Lytec if I wanted to get it. I didn't bother since my patient load is not too bad; it means I double enter the systems

information.. There are other good billing systems out there. Joanne, the MD in Drain, Oregonmarissa wrote: I have a question to the Soapware users among us:What software do you use for you billing?Thanks, Marius

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[Guest guest]

Hm, I do like SoapWare but seem to have trouble finding a reasonably

priced practice management software that interfaces with SoapWare

(such as EZClaims).

Any suggestions?

Thanks, Marius

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> I have a question to the Soapware users among us:

>

> What software do you use for you billing?

>

> Thanks, Marius

>

[Guest guest]

We use Medisoft with Soapware. Whether you'd call it "reasonably priced" is open to debate. It certainly works well with Gateway EDI.

Hilsbos

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of mllaumansSent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 11:48 PMTo: Subject: Re: Soapware and billing

Hm, I do like SoapWare but seem to have trouble finding a reasonablypriced practice management software that interfaces with SoapWare(such as EZClaims). Any suggestions?Thanks, Marius>> I have a question to the Soapware users among us:> > What software do you use for you billing?> > Thanks, Marius>