| Scheduling System That Grows Your Practice
The definitive guide to the most result-oriented appointment scheduler
at 0 extra cost.
“How to manage entire patient flow,
avoid unbillable encounters,
decrease no-shows and no-show liabilities,
increase office staff efficiency,
reduce errors, and
leverage 24x7 browser-based access"
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Do you feel let down when patients miss appointments? Are you worried about interrupted flow of patient care, impeded clinic productivity, and eroding patient loyalty?
The rate of no-shows runs at thirty percent for the average Family Practice clinic. Assuming just five no-shows a day at an average $28 per visit, the no-show losses alone add up to $2,800 per month, or $33,600 per year.
A missed appointment amounts to missed billing revenue, lost money, or a deserting patient.
Worse, if the clinicians are part-time or full-time staff rather than contracted personnel or partners, they sit idle on the company clock. In this case, a missed appointment is not just a missed opportunity for revenue; it's lost money with each passing minute.
But unbillable visits hurt clinic's profitability as well, and in several ways, not only in terms of wasted doctor's time and resources, but also in terms of wasted front office time scheduling the appointment and then in terms of wasted back office efforts trying to get paid for it. Revenue loss because of missed and unbillable appointments can be as high as 5%, 10%, and even 25% ! As you read this article, you realize that a paper-based diary cannot help reduce no-shows or prevent unbillable appointments: to find one appointment in a paper diary, the front office person needs to flip through entire book! Generating lists of no-shows is next to impossible using a paper scheduler.
But early electronic patient scheduling systems could not do much more than the paper diaries without connectivity to the back office, payers, and patients. Thus, the problems of missed appointments and unbillable visits persist in every practice that uses an outdated stand-alone patient scheduling system. - How much more revenue could your practice generate if a patient appointment scheduler could prevent no-shows and alert about unbillable appointments in addition to its standard appointment-scheduling function?
- How would you reuse your office personnel time if patients received reminder calls automatically, a week and/or a day before the appointment and without your personnel calling them?
- How much front office costs could you eliminate if patient's eligibility would be tested immediately upon keying in the appointment and without your personnel checking patient's insurance coverage?
- How much of your own time would you save managing your front office if you could see all actions taken (or NOT taken) for no-shows, unbilled, and unbillable appointments neatly typed on a single sheet at the end of the day?
- Think how would you reinvest added revenue and cost savings to grow your practice?
- Dr. Charles Majors, who cares for an average 1,500 patients a week, adjusts a child:
Now you can add more revenue and improve office efficiency—and you don't have to pay extra fees for it. Our approach is timed to meet your objectives and to adapt to your evolving priorities. The bottom line is that your revenues improve as a result of rigorous teamwork between your office and our team.
Explore our methodology to discover how hundreds of office managers and doctors just like you have been delighted.
The difference between Billing Precision and thousands of other billing services is that all our clients and the entire Billing Precision staff, we all share the same technology platform and processes. Through the shared platform, Billing Precision team becomes a virtual extension of your practice. It boosts your staff and gives you powerful control over your practice workflow and office productivity.
Billing Precision's founders hold advanced degrees in chiropractic, computer engineering, and mathematics, and were awarded several patents in artificial intelligence and information security. Our core team has a deep understanding of the needs of chiropractors and the challenges we all face in the current healthcare environment. We leverage the Internet and integrate practice workflow to combine front office and back office function and to automate multiple services, e.g., automated patient reminder calling.
"ANJC pays close attention
to industry leaders who are positioned to help chiropractors
in being more successful with challenges of every day
practice. I am very pleased that Billing Precision
services assist ANJC members with billing and collections,
expediting revenue cycle, helping manage compliance,
and integrating front and back office workflow."
- Sigmund Miller, DC, Executive Director, Association of New Jersey
Chiropractors
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“Billing Precision gets chiropractors paid. It uniquely embraces the vision and system required for successful high volume practices.”
-Drs. Ben Lerner
and Greg Loman, Founders, MaximizedLiving
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“Billing Precision's team is obsessed with getting chiropractors paid. Its technology is the backbone of my practice, which is now completely paperless.”
- Charles Majors, DC, Planet Chiropractic, Romeoville, Illinois
1,500 patient visits per week |
"I know
of practices that were asked to return years of payments
after a random audit. Billing Precision pays enormous
attention to every opportunity to reduce audit exposure.
Their performance is outstanding."
- Doug Cassel, MD, Director of Interventional Radiology, Hoag Memorial
Hospital,
Newport Beach, California
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“In
two months we caught up with my backlog and my 120-day
Accounts Receivable shrank to 4.4%. This translates to
almost 20% in added revenue.”
- Greg Loman, DC, Trinity Chiropractic in Naples, Florida
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“Billing
Precision delivered. Clean claims, measurement and analysis
yield greater collections.”
- Ben Lerner, DC, Celebration in Kissimmee, Florida
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"Billing
Precision has uniquely adapted Wall Street methodology
to healthcare claims processing, resulting in dramatic
A/R reductions and new revenue recovery for the medical
practice."
- Bob Ettl, Managing Director, Allianz Asset Management, Newport
Beach, California |
“Billing
Precision is an industrial strength billing solution
for the family size practice. I get paid in 7 days for
what used to take more than 90. It helps me daily to
focus on patient care and grow my profitability.”
- T. Foster Bryant, DC, Jubilee Family Chiropractic, Naples, Florida |
"Billing Precision goes beyond making sure we are paid in full and on time - their leading edge chiropractic billing software has turned my entire office into a completely paperless and compliant operation, so I can focus on my patient health and practice growth."
- Michael Lagana, DC, BackSmart Wellness Center, Edison, New Jersey |
"No insurance offers protection against audit risk, which carries enormous potential penalties. Billing Precision's unique chiropractic
billing software reduces audit risk and streamlines SOAP note
compliance management."
- Jeffrey Randolph, Esq. ANJC Legal Counsel |
"I can not speak highly enough of these guys and their chiropractic
billing software. Billing Precision has revolutionized the way I
practice and my collections have gone through the roof. The more you
embrace Billing Precision technology the more it will do for you. I
do not think there is a better overall chiropractic office management
system available."
- Robert White, DC, True Health Chiropractic, Springfield, New Jersey |
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Our web browser-based appointment scheduler handles higher patient volumes at lower administration costs (which mean improved practice profitability) because, in addition to standard appointment scheduling functionality, it comes out of the box already integrated with SOAP notes, billing, audit risk management, payers, and patients:
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| Manage entire patient flow, such as |
 | Arrival lists, check offs, and office/room tracking |
| Avoid unbillable patient encounters |
| Test eligibility and address on line prior to appointment |
| Manage referrals and authorizations with customizable reminders |
| Alert about unpaid balances |
| Decrease no-shows and no-show liabilities |
| Connectivity to automated next appointment reminder (Patient Call) |
| Missed/canceled appointments |
| Increase office staff efficiency and reduce errors |
| Multi-provider, multi-practice |
| Custom color codes for different appointment types |
| Visit frequency edit |
| Capture patient data from the scheduler directly to the charge capture eliminating unnecessary data re-entry. |
| Superbill |
| SOAP notes |
| Billing and patient balance |
| Leverage 24x7 browser-based access |
| Detailed reports include daily schedules, load reports, missed appointments, free time, canceled appointments, etc. |
Now, what price can you put on getting access to a system that helps you grow your practice, adds revenue, and eliminates costs?
Billing Precision charges NO money upfront and NO extra fees for its Scheduler.
Contact Billing Precision for a demo to discover how you can start growing your practice.
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ARTICLES
Appointment Reminders for Medical Billing Revenue Protection and Patient Relationship Management
When patients miss appointments, they interrupt the flow of patient care, impede clinic productivity, and signal an eroding patient loyalty. A missed appointment amounts to missed billing revenue, lost money, or a deserting patient. Reminder calls for upcoming appointments and follow up calls on recent no-shows are effective strategies for billing revenue protection because they reduce numbers of no-shows and help early identification of incipient patient attrition and other patient relationship problems.
3 Best Strategies to Reduce Patient No-Shows and Improve Medical Practice Billing Revenues
When patients miss appointments, they interrupt the flow of patient care and impede clinic productivity. A missed appointment amounts to reduced billing and missed revenue. The rate of no-shows runs at thirty percent for the average Family Practice clinic. Worse, if the clinicians are part-time or full-time staff rather than contracted, they sit idle on the company clock. In this case, a missed appointment is not just a missed opportunity for revenue; it's lost money with each passing minute.
Improve Patient Loyalty with Integrated Medical Billing, SOAP Notes, and Scheduling Systems
Patient loyalty is key to continued practice success in terms of both recurring and new revenue. Frequent patient communication is the only effective way to increase the likelihood of timely loyalty problem identification and resolution. Such patient communications can be driven by a any of the practice management components, starting with patient scheduling, to SOAP notes, to special health care literature, to medical billing, insurance payments, copays, and deductibles.
Chiropractic Office Workflow in 2025 and 2007
Pattie Stechschulte's vision of a chiropractic office in 2025 includes simplified check-in, complete patient checkup using non-invasive techniques, self-configurating adjustment table that sets itself up for next patient, a touch-screen computer system in each room loaded with intelligent software for SOAP notes, consultation modules to tap into more experienced doctor's knowledge, and a patient-friendly portal for online patient education and appointment scheduling. While non-invasive checkups and self-configurating adjustment tables still belong to the future, the information technology aspects of Pattie's vision has already become a reality for chiropractors using advanced Vericle-like solutions.
Top 3 Methods for No-Show Reduction in Medical Practice - Missed Appointment Risk Management
Most clinics lose an average of 20% of their revenue due to missed appointments. Besides lost revenue, no-show risks span health damage, patient liability, reduced accessibility, and impeded resident education. Rigorous no-show management methods, based on integrated scheduling and billing data and outsourced reminder programs, reduce no-show rates and improve associated revenues by more than 50%.
Top Four Reports for Chiropractic Patient Relationship Management and Outsourced Billing Service
Patient Relationship Management is a catalyst for building successful and competitive chiropractic clinics. Integrated systems, available under an outsourced software-as-a-service (SaaS) model, combining data about patient's health, care plans, and billing, are cornerstone for Patient Relationship Management. A disciplined practice manager reviews End-Of-Day and Financial Care Tracking reports daily to monitor and reconcile average patient visits, missed appointments, recalls, new patients, charges, and collections.
Practice Made Perfect - Top Ten Criteria for Chiropractic Billing and Office Management Solutions
Increasing regulatory scrutiny, poor in-house billing performance, and rapid technology progress are key growth drivers in chiropractic information technology. On one hand, thousands of outsourced billing solutions and software vendors ensure continued competitiveness in terms of both service quality and pricing. On the other hand, the lack of standards and uniform metrics among the vendors, combined with their large numbers, frustrates the selection process. Ten effective guidelines streamline outsourced solution selection process and reduce vendor switching costs.
How to Choose the Correct Chiropractic Billing Software
One important step in finding the perfect chiropractic billing software program to fit your needs is to take a look at your existing computer equipment. With system needs changing on a virtually daily basis, it is necessary that the software program you choose be compatible with your hardware.
The Benefits of Chiropractic Office Software
Chiropractic offices, like all other medical practices, can certainly benefit from a good office software program. Tasks such as filing, appointment scheduling and insurance claims can be done in a matter of minutes, rather than hours or days. These are among the most important reasons to purchase a high-quality program; chiropractic office software can greatly reduce the cost of office staff and increase productivity.
Chiropractic Software Program Comparisons
It is important to choose a software program based on what it can offer your practice, and not solely on cost. It is understandable that most new chiropractors come out of school with a lot of debt and want to get started for as little money as possible. Scrimping on something as important as your office software could cause you big headaches and even more money in the long run.
Chiropractic Software: A Growing Need
With the growth and high-demand of chiropractors nationwide, an increased need for managing the different aspects of the business has become apparent. Doctors and office management alike face the challenge of effectively streamlining the business process.
QuadraMed Converts Enterprise Scheduling Clients To Advanced Access Management Solution
QuadraMed - April 16, 2007
Picis Announces Third Major Release of Total Perioperative Automation Solution
Helping hospitals enhance revenue and improve efficiency, supply chain management and Joint Commission reporting
Picis - March 20, 2007
Netsmart Technologies Signs Contracts With Behavioral Health, Public Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Organizations
Software from Netsmart Selected to Facilitate Enterprise Clinical and Operational Processes
Netsmart - February 2, 2007
Florida A&M Chooses MedAppz iSuite
Graduate Nurse Practitioner Program Opts for MedAppz Integrated Scheduling, EHR, and Billing Technology;
Finds it Affordable, Secure, Helpful for Compliance
MedAppz - February 1, 2007
Medical Software Division of Micro Development Services, Inc. Launches New Website
NewswireToday -January 29, 2007
Digitech Announces Release of New Ambulance Commander v3.1 Offers Features and Enhancements for Scheduling, Billing and Reporting Optimization
Digitech - October 20, 2006
MedAppz and Alijor Announce Alliance
Focused on Reducing Overhead, Both Companies Seek New Ways to Simplify Medical Processing and Enable Physicians and Patients to Connect Quickly
MedAppz - Alijor - October 18, 2006
DoctorsDirect.com Secures Series A Equity Financing from Spark Capital
New Internet-Based Service Offers Consumers Fast, Secure Way to Make Doctor Appointments, Helps Reduce Physician Office Paperwork
DoctorsDirect - October 10, 2006
Newest Version of Complete Business and Clinical Workflow Solution Includes New Call Center Scheduler, Enhanced Print/Fax Capabilities, Mammography Updates and More
Merge - September 26, 2006
athenahealth Retains Top Ranking in Three Ambulatory Billing and Scheduling Categories According to KLAS 2006 Mid-Year Report Card
athenahealth Continues Dominance in the 1-5, 6-25, and 26-100 Physician Practice Segments
athenahealth - June 29, 2006
AcerMed Releases Proprietary Suite of Software Products
Intuitively developed, AcerMed EMR, PM and Scheduler modules are well received in medical offices nationwide
AcerMed - October 17, 2005
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