subject: Medical Billing Software A Smart Electronic Solution [print this page] The medical billing in the United States in governed by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability, through and Act established in 1996. This act clearly specifies that all the health care providers that deal with patients will have to record and send all their billing electronically. Therefore, whenthe software, specially designed for medical billings, was introduced on the market it was very well received.
What is more, the software was intended to ease the doctors work, to be used in medical institutions, by the insurance companies, the medical billing services and in general by anyone who has to generate a claim or a medical bill. Also, before being used, the software has to be HIPAA compliant. In addition, medical billing software was created to be used with popular platforms, such as Windows, and it easies the process of generating bills. It reduces the time and avoids any mistakes in generating the bills. Likewise, it was intended to help the health care providers by making the billing process more facile. It was proved that it improves, in a very short time, the quality of both claims and bills.
Moreover, certain medical billing software features have direct e-mailing facilities that enable the user to create and send e-mails. Some additional benefits include generating and printing information in report form, data entry and scheduling different appointments and tasks. These facilities come in very handy in a hospital.
Furthermore, even before the electronic billing was introduced, doctors had to check online their patients records and see if their insurance covered the services demanded. This data requests are named Health Care Eligibility & Benefit Inquiry transaction. The response to this isHealth Care Eligibility & Benefit Response transaction. These processes are based on practice management software, for short PMS. The PMS is special medical software used to manage and supervise the medical practice in an institution, schedule appointments, record patients data and keep the insurance information up to date. Medical billing software like this are intended to be used by medium or small clinics and they need a license in order to be purchased. Next are presented few of the most used medical billing software.
For example, Medisoft is a very popular one, generally used in schools that offer medical billing training. This software generated invoices, receipts and tracks payments and can even send bills and statements. Medinotes and Lytec, are two very used ones. They are also most commonly met in training institutions and deal with various tasks, from billings managements to claims and patient database encryption.
Likewise, NueMD is especially designed for those who want to check the patients liability on the internet, before anything else and has a very complex billing program. Last but not least, we have eClinicalWorks, multifunctional software that is used mainly by large institutions. Apart from the basic billing functions, it also enables the medical organizations to transfer and access data extremely easy and maintain a permanent contact.
And because they are various models, any medical care provider can opt for the one that would cope best with its program and requirements.
