What is the best way to make sure my patients start paying on time?
The first thing I would recommend you do is outsource the payment process. Trying to manage it on your own is often a recipe for disaster because you have so many other things to deal with daily. By hiring a specialist medical billing service, though, you have someone who can focus 100% on billing.
This is useful and it has always helped out the various medical practices I have worked in as an admin. One company that regularly came up in discussion was Healthcare Billing Services, which seemed to have a good reputation for getting things done and ensuring that patients would pay on time every time.
For me, it was a simple thing, but outsourcing payments ensures more accurate, prompt, and on-time payments – even from patients who usually took weeks to settle their regular medical bills!