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office ally, a free electronic claims clearinghouse (if <50% medicare/medicaid claims, $20/mo if >50%; $0.25 per claim dropped to paper, including postage) and now with free practice management through asp. they are at www.officeally.com. i am just using the electronic submission of claims. no attachment. LL gthomson@... wrote: larry what is OA ?> okey dokey, another update.> first, AC's v3.5.9 release

has an ansi 837 file export, which is> accepted by OA. unfortunately, there's still a problem with the> format, dr bertman is aware of that, is correcting it, and anticipates> releasing AC v3.6.0 very shortly, within a day or so, with the bugs> worked out. then, billing will be as simple as a few clicks, uploaded> over the internet, and billed electronically through OA. for now, i> continue to do online cms-1500 entry, and it works fine. in the> meantime, OA has released their practicemate, which essentially does> everything except document encounters. it is an asp practice> management solution, and free. i have run through it today with them,> and it looks pretty good. i don't need all of the features it has,> just the billing for now, and if i choose to enter payment information> from eob's, it will keep an accounts receivable balance. when AC> makes their pm function more robust,

i anticipate that it will have an> accounts receivable function. in the meantime, i generate patient> invoices from AC for co-insurance after entering the amounts for copay> and contractual discount, and my patients like the bills (as much as a> bill can be liked!) they get now. i think they also like that the> billing is done locally rather than at a distance. i am in the> process of disengaging from my biller, and i am convinced more than> ever that billers are essentially parasites. LL>>> ---------------------------------> Finding fabulous fares is fun.> Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight> and hotel bargains.

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