First Things First: A Key to Medical Billing Success!

We are pleased to continue providing medical billing and office management support to our clients.  We founded our company during the early part of 2020 after spending many years gaining knowledge and experience in the field of medical billing and office management.  We have learned that successful medical billing doesn't happen without the input and support of committed health care practitioners and medical office management.  

It is our belief that every medical examination, treatment or procedure should generate income for the medical provider, unless the provider chooses to provide their service non gratis.  To obtain fair and appropriate compensation for every visit, the examination, treatment or procedure needs to be documented in accordance with generally accepted medical practice and consistent with the payor source's guidelines.  What are the payor source's guidelines?  It depends on the payor source.  This is where good medical office management comes in- determining whether prior authorization is needed before a visit or treatment is provided is essential to effective medical billing and revenue maximization.  While the medical provider's office professional is checking on the patient's payor source prior authorization, confirming the patient's deductible and co-pay amounts with the payor source representative and relaying to the patient the deductible/co-pay amounts before the visit or procedure helps the patient understand what is expected- no one likes to be surprised by the size of a bill.

Medical providers who document visits, treatments and procedures effectively that have been approved by the payor source (in advance, where necessary) and have collected the appropriate co-pays and deductible amounts should see the amounts of bad debt reduced or eliminated.  We at Western Slope Billing are here to do our part.  We take the clinical record information and quickly and effectively bill the payor sources on behalf of our clients.  Turn around time (from the time the medical record for the visit is complete to the date payment is received from the payor source) is minimized through our efforts to process the claim quickly and accurately.  Feel free to contact us with questions or to share your experience with medical billing.