What are the advantages of using a billing service?
• Expertise. Billing service employees are often better trained than those in doctors’ offices. Plus, billing service employees can turn to their managers if they have a problem with a particular case. • Permanent Solution. Once a quality billing service is retained, the doctor does not need to worry about hiring and training for that position, ever again. • Decreased Liability. Fewer employees equal less liability. • Tax Savings. Contracted services are tax deductible. 4. What are the advantages of keeping the billing “in-house”? In the past, the primary advantage of keeping billing “in-house” was to keep all of the receivables data and patient balances on the doctor’s computer, rather than on the billing service’s computer. E-Billing Solutions has solved this issue with Virtual Biller. With Virtual Biller, the experts at E-Billing can do the billing from their office, on the doctor’s computer. The only advantage that does still exist for keeping billing “in-house” is that doctor and
