Buckeye Medical Billing Systems in Mineral Ridge, Ohio

• Business name: Buckeye Medical Billing Systems
• Address:
• 3383 Lakeside Drive
  
  Mineral Ridge, Ohio 44440
• Phone number: 330-544-9700
• Fax number: 330-299-6055
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• Category: Healthcare
• Description:
• My name is George Saare. I am an accredited RHIT, CCS, CCS-P. I own and operate a physicians billing and consulting service in Mineral Ridge, OH. Outsourcing your billing can be very profitable for healthcare providers because it drastically eliminates a lot of overhead. I probably don't need to tell you all of the overhead associated with in-house billing. Plus you don't have to discuss financial issues with your patients. You simply refer them to your billing service. As you probably know, Medicare, Medicaid, and other insurance carriers are pushing of healthcare providers to file their claims electronically. It truly is the way to go. Payments in 7-14 days vs. paper claims 30-60 days or even longer if there is an error. When filing electronic claims, errors are caught up front by using the "claim scrubber". Once the "claim scrubber" finds an error, we are notified within two hours. We correct the errors and then release the claim to the insurance carrier. Paper claims claims carry a national error rate of 35%. While electronic claims carry a national error rate of only 2%. Do you retain the service of an outside consultant? Actually, every medical practice in the U.S. needs to. When you are in the grind day in and day out, it is hard to be objective. We place blinders on ourselves and focus on the minor issues more than we do for the pressing issues of the practice. This is just human nature. One question to ask yourself is - where are we and where are we going as a practice? However, before you can answer that question keep in mind you cannot know where you are going until you understand how you got to be where you are now. My company Buckeye Medical Billing Systems prides itself with providing its clients with the best solutions to meet their needs. Every healthcare provider is different. We tailor what your office wants and needs at no extra charge. All reports are free and can be run any way you prefer. There is a solution to every problem. That is the way we operate. My fee is 4-6% of what I collect. No money needed up front to start. HIPAA REGULATIONS Let's face it, sooner or later every medical practice WILL need to face HIPAA and privacy issues. A good percentage of patients will not even go to the physicians office if they know that their condition will be discussed with someone. HIPAA is common sense. Would you like someone to find out your social security number or credit card number while they were just sitting in the lobby? HIPAA has mentioned in their reports that medical billing should not be done up front at the receptionist's desk. They want all medical practices to do their billing in a closed room, preferably away from patient traffic. So eventually, we are going to have to face HIPAA....so why not just set your practice up with electronic claims and get paid faster? The rate of $8.30 per claim (and this is being conservative) plus overhead is alarming. It just does not make sense when you can have it done by credentialed people for approximately 4-6%. Just think of all the free time you and your staff will have for other projects such as spending more time with your patients, marketing, community service, or just getting away from the office. This is all free advertising for your practice and will bring you new patients. TOO BUSY TO SET UP? Well you would have plenty time if you were set up. It doesn't take long. We can have you set up within a week. For the time that it's going to save you when you are set up, it's well worth it. NOT EDUCATED Most physicians don't have time to take a seminar on billing and the benefits of electronic claims, and outsourcing their billing. In this case you should find a billing service that will take care of this. They have the expertise and will stay up to date with coding changes and HIPAA regulations since this is their primary business of making sure that their client gets paid. It makes more sense to outsource your billing, file electronically, and let Buckeye Medical Billings Systems be your consultant. If you have any questions, please feel free to call. Thank you for taking the time to read this. Sincerely, George H. Saare Buckeye Medical Billing Systems
• Last update: 2006-11-26
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