You can evaluate the current health of your billing practices by determining some of the standard metrics such as accounts receivable, amount converted to collections, average fee per encounter, and amount of bad debt which is written off at the end of the year. Most estimates agree that up to 30% of insurance claims go unpaid. If your situation is anywhere close to this number, you have an excellent chance of increasing profits by outsourcing your billing!

In a nutshell, the sooner we get the information, the sooner we can get your claim out and get you your money! Some billing services tell you to send in your information whenever you like which you're certainly free to do. However,faxing your claim information in daily enables us to submit claims much more frequently. Insurance payments arrive throughout the month instead of once or twice. This creates a steadier, more reliable source of cash flow for you. When people save up several days or weeks worth of claims, it tends to lead to payment delays, missing authorizations, incomplete and unreadable faxes, and time wasted on solving preventable problems.

Simplicity Billing Solutions uses a web-based "cloud" billing solution. When you first sign on with us, we create an account for you. You can log in to your account at any time, 24/7/365 to check on things. You can see whether claims have been filed and where they are in the process of getting paid; inspect individual client accounts, see which claims have been paid; any notes we have pertaining to a particular clain, etc. In short, you will have access to exactly the samne information we do. It's completely transparent!

In a word, Yes. Simplicity Billing Solutions is 100% HIPPA compliant. The Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act(HIPPA) sets national standards for the security of electronic protected health information; and the confidentiality provisions of the Patient Safety Rule, which protect identifiable information being used to analyze patient safety events and improve patient safety. The web-based software solution we use to file and manage your claims meets all relevant standards for the transmission and storage of data. In addition, Simplicity Billing Solutions uses a fully HIPAA compliant secure email system when communicating about confidential client information.

There is no usual and customary fee or structure for charging clients for billing services. Billing companies may charge an hourly fee (usually for consultation), a percentage of fees collected, or a basic monthly per diem based on an average rate of services provided to the client. There are some estimates that the cost of outsourcing billing should range from 6% to 10% of the amount billed based on the level of service provided to the client.

Yes. The Service Agreement you will sign when you take us on to do your billing protects both of us. It clearly delineates what you can expect us to do for you as well as spelling out what we will need from you in order to do our job. Although the Service Agreement covers one year at a time, you can opt out with as little as 30 days written notice.