Need For Medical Billing Software
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Healthcare sector experienced single digit growth for many years in terms of investment in information technology (IT) -- long lagging behind other industries – it is finally starting to heat up.
“The U.S. healthcare industry is responding to reports of very high casualty numbers caused by medical errors each year. Institutions are beginning to wake up to the fact that employing point-of-care IT is one of the ways in which patient safety can be increased and medical errors reduced.
If you are into healthcare provider services then you might have come across the medical claim denials that cut into your revenue. Coding and billing errors constitute the main reasons for claim denials by insurance companies while another key reason is inadequate understanding of the insurance company's adjudication and reasons for claim denials.
Good practice management software is the need for the hour to reduce errors in billing and coding and serve faster claim filing reducing claim denials.
We have developed a broad range of customizable solutions for claim processing, billing, electronic medical records, transcription and telephony.
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Overview- BillMD
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BillMD offers a robust, full-fledged and friendly web-based medical office billing and management package accessible to physicians and their staff anytime anywhere. The comprehensive multifaceted solution is designed to automate the existing setup to a more conducive multifunctional system in healthcare management practice.
Running on almost any platform -Windows, Linux or Macintosh, BillMD products give a quick, safe and reliable access to information as per your convenience and need. Our phenomenal product has varied features and skill sets to cater multi-disciplinary medical office needs. BillMD provides a full desktop application implemented in the latest ASP technology connected via encrypted connection to the secure servers. The outcome of this path-breaking unprecedented feature is that your patient’s billing information is forwarded to the properly authenticated physician or office staff you designate, any time day or night, wherever they may be. All inclusive
BillMD Practice Management encompass the following significant solutions for fast and easy medical practice. |
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Electronic Records Management |
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E-Billing |
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Medical Transcription |
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Medical Telephony |
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| BillMD Features |
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| BillMD is the one of the best medical management solutions with value for many medical specialties. Designed with the user in mind, it relies on an easy-to-use interface with powerful and dynamic features to improve documentation quality and increase productivity in medical practice. |
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Easy Patient Scheduling |
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Patient scheduler is used for scheduling patients for clinical visits |
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Electronic Medical Record (EMR) is generated and filled with relevant demographic and insurance details |
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Provider can view and manage his daily, weekly and monthly appointment schedules |
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Schedule new appointments and patient registrations from anywhere with appropriate time and date |
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Send email confirmations automatically from scheduler |
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Quick navigation for appointment search |
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Both provider and patients can schedule their appointments by selecting listed providers and available slots |
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View and Manage Patient Chart Easily |
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View patient summary data on one screen with previous and active chart facility |
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Take a quick review of patient’s medication history and family history for allergies, problems, procedure codes, diagnoses codes, doctor notes, clinical alert notes and more |
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Use traditional methods of transcription, or use the E&M templates with transcription, voice recognition or handwriting recognition |
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Predefined templates add ease and efficiency to exams and procedures, such as cardiology exams, echocardiogram and stress test reports |
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Allow to enter medication, allergies and problem list quickly and easily |
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E-Signatures capture patient signatures, sign in, financial agreements, HIPAA documentation, or any other forms you use every day |
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Send prescriptions electronically |
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Claims Submission or Expedite filing of E-claims |
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Optimize and expedite the entire reimbursements process with fast and effective processing |
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Electronic claims submission directly to Medicare, Medicaid, Blue Shield, Blue Cross etc |
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Rapid online reports for each online submission |
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Allows creating process or editing charges and reimbursements from any location |
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Easily configures fee schedules make filing claims easier |
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It features electronic filing of claims, claim status tracking and account receivables |
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Handles each and every transaction and displays the status of electronic submissions |
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Claim generating inquiry about Eligibility and benefit is generated as report |
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Claims for referrals and authorization are generated |
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ERA capabilities – Automatically post an EOB in a matter of seconds |
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Accept/Reject submission reports usually available after 24 hours |
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Customization for any claim form requirements |
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Re-submit claims by insurance |
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Efficient Tracking |
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Access patient demographic and clinical information any time from any location |
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Get current billing and account status from your clinic or other clinics at your convenience |
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E-Remittance |
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With ERA (Electronic Remittance Advice) the practice receives an EOB (Explanation of Benefits) transaction that can be reviewed and automatically posted including payments by procedure |
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Automatic posting of data improves the accuracy, reduces data entry costs and results in more rapid transfer of patient statements |
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Patient Statements |
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Print any number of statements from your office or get statements processed and mailed automatically |
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Patient statement feature allows significant control on as to when patients receive statements and what should be included in those statements |
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Track statement history for each account |
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It is possible to override the standard settings and make changes to individual patient accounts |
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Easily update options to control statement formats, responsible party versus patient printing, and numerous other settings |
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Get paid faster by sending patient’s daily reports |
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Transcription Assistant |
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It enables provider to upload the sound file and send it across the transcription agents for transcription |
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Provider can add comments, date of treatment, date of transcription etc to the file sent for transcription |
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Generate the transcription report in specific format |
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Provider can view the current status of transcriptions |
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Transcription agents can view, update as well transcribe and send a report for approval to the provider |
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Medical Telephony |
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Let's you call your patients at any time you prescribe and provides full messaging capabilities. |
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It checks missed appointments by timely reminders thereby helping in significant savings |
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All messages can be personalized, and names are converted from text to voice automatically by the system |
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A complete call history specifies- who received their calls in person, on their voicemail, or who did not receive the message |
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Seamless, natural-sounding messages |
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Advance call scheduling - handles unlimited messages and providers |
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Keeps track of calls that are busy or unanswered, and try them again later |
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It works after hours when more people are home to receive your call |
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It doesn’t get distracted by other tasks, so you are assured that all calls are made |
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Quick detailed reports give you a valuable audit trail of patient contact |
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Workflow management |
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View appointments, check in/check-out patients |
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Send and receive patient-specific messages for documentation and follow up |
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Electronic Signature |
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Electronically sign chart notes, letters and test results |
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Multiple signatures supported in case you need to review the work of physician extenders or residents |
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Password protected |
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Wireless technology |
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Enables the use of laptop, tablet PCs and wireless products for real-time wireless communication anytime anywhere in your practice |
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Flexible Reporting |
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Reports designed by medical and accounting professionals to help you optimize your practice's income and standard of care |
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Access any information via a powerful, flexible and easy to use reporting system |
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Print or view reports on screen from any location or export applicable reports to PDF, Excel and HTML for additional usability |
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Get customizable set of your clinic’s data delivered automatically on a monthly basis to your office in the form of printed reports, electronic files or CD-ROM |
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Wide Range of Reports are available including: Accounts Receivable report, Facility, Primary Insurance Provider, Referring Doctor, Charge, Payment and adjustment summaries by month and year and Daily summary report. |
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BillMD Benefits
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User-friendly |
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No wonder you will be surprised to learn the ease of office management with
BillMD. The intuitive "point-and-click" user-friendly design is quickly adopted by medical and office staff alike. Consistent use and placement of icons make it one of the simplest practice management systems to use. Expertise in medical office billing and clinical information management enabled
BillMD to bring straight-forward, accountable and reliable billing and patient information to you.
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Quick Start |
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BillMD enables your all operations to be up and running in a matter of minutes. By offering easy access to default BillMD and procedure code sets- ICD-9 and CPT-13 as well as regional insurance carrier lists, our wizards will efficiently take you through the steps of entering the essential information to begin filing claims immediately.
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Built in Support -Chat and Email |
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BillMD facilitates and supports the best tools of communication 24/7. Get in touch with our customer support executives as and when required. You can seek immediate assistance by getting answers to your queries either through emails or by invoking a chat session with our support specialist even without picking a phone or leaving your desk.
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Secure |
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BillMD utilizes a secure and reliable SQL database to store your patient data. Password protection, limited accessibility licensing and audit trails have been put in place to ensure the safety of your medical records. All information is transmitted over the internet via 128 bit Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and stored in encrypted databases at our secured facilities.
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HIPAA Compliance |
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BillMD has been certified for HIPAA through a third-party consultant for all aspects pertaining to electronic medical records. It is designed around privacy and transaction requirements. It utilizes multiple security features to help your organization maintain HIPAA compliance. User rights are protected by giving them access to the required information while controlling its inappropriate use through protective built in mechanisms.
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Flexible |
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BillMD is one of the most flexible Practice Management packages available in the market today. The entire user-friendly approach and other medical content objects have been designed for complete control and ease of the physician.
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Accessible and reliable |
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BillMD is built for providing reliability and scalability for growing organizations looking to stay ahead of the technology curve. Clinical and Billing information is shared seamlessly across the enterprise resulting in higher patient satisfaction and improved regulatory compliance. Medical records are instantly accessible to every licensed user through the office network. Past notes and medical history can be scanned quickly by the physician as opposed to flipping through countless old notes to review the patient's history.
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Backups |
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No longer will you need to struggle with the expense and tedium of backups. All of your information is stored on redundant storage media and is backed up rightly. All information is also mirrored to a secondary remote site hourly as a dependable secondary point of access if the primary medical office server suffers a crash.
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Scalable |
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BillMD links with several practice management systems and hence you can certainly link it up as and when required to add a new functionality of your choice.
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