Outpatient Timely Billing

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OUTPATIENT THERAPY MANAGERS

I am working on a Six Sigma project regarding billing of outpatient therapy

services. I need to find out what other facilities are doing. Please help

if you can by answering the following questions.

1. How many days after the date of service does it take for a patient to

receive a bill for outpatient therapy?

2. Since there are reoccuring visits is a patient billed during their plan

of care or once treatment is completed?

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> OUTPATIENT THERAPY MANAGERS

> I am working on a Six Sigma project regarding billing of

outpatient therapy

> services. I need to find out what other facilities are doing.

Please help

> if you can by answering the following questions.

>

> 1. How many days after the date of service does it take for a

patient to

> receive a bill for outpatient therapy?

>

> 2. Since there are reoccuring visits is a patient billed during

their plan

> of care or once treatment is completed?

>

>

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> Most patients have insurance and prefer to have their insurance

companies billed first -so even if you bill the patient, they will

wait to hear the result of their insurance claim. It is my opinion

that we cannot seem to change that attitudeand therefore my idea is

to bill monthly for continuing patients and at the end of care if

they have been discharged.

>

>

[Guest guest]

1. Roughly 30 days for them to see their first bill. We do not bill the patient

until after the insurance has paid. It takes about 21-28 days for ins to pay,

then the patient will receive a bill on the next statement run.

2. We bill the patient continuously during their care (every 30 days we send

statements), and after, until the patient portion is satisfied and the balance

is zero.

3. As a side note, we began using BillFlash electronic statements over the

plain ones that our software prints out... our patient collections went up 400%

4. Last month, we added " color " to our statements and they went up again.

Robin Roach

CEO

Health Data Solutions, Inc.

ton, WV

www.ptbiller.com

" Ridenoure, H. " wrote:

OUTPATIENT THERAPY MANAGERS

I am working on a Six Sigma project regarding billing of outpatient therapy

services. I need to find out what other facilities are doing. Please help

if you can by answering the following questions.

1. How many days after the date of service does it take for a patient to

receive a bill for outpatient therapy?

2. Since there are reoccuring visits is a patient billed during their plan

of care or once treatment is completed?

" This e-mail contains information which (a) may be PROPRIETARY IN NATURE OR

OTHERWISE PROTECTED BY LAW FROM DISCLOSURE, and ( is intended only for the

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