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Looking
to purchase
Medical Claims Billing
Software?
Isn't it
annoying when you are trying to compare medical billing
software packages on a website and you have to enter your
name, practice size, etc and wait for someone to call you
to try to sell you their package?
We are currently
working on a comparison site for many of the most
popular practice management systems.
You won't
have to send us your name and info. We want to put up
real screen shots of the different software available and show
you exactly how they work. We'll give you our thoughts
on how well they perform and how much they cost.
We'll be reviewing
Lytec Software first as it is the software that we use.
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Medical Claims Billing Software
When it comes to Medical Claims
Billing Software, you will find there is a wide variety. There
are hundreds to choose from and they vary in price from a hundred
dollars to tens of thousands of dollars. It is important to pick a billing
software that is right for your needs.
You can purchase something as simple as a "fill and print" software for $99 which simply prints or submits
electronically your claims information to a very complicated practice
management system which almost runs your
office.
Ask yourself the following
questions before purchasing a medical claims billing software:
- Are you a medical office or billing
service? This makes a difference in the capabilities you will
need in a software.
- Are you a specialty practice? Some
softwares are for a specific specialty. For example RLI is a software
specifically for optometry offices. If you can find a software
that is for your specialty, it may be just the right answer for you.
- Do you need a multi-user software or is a
single user ok? Some medical office billing softwares have a limit on
the number of users that can be using the software at one time. It
is important that you know the limit and that you consider your needs,
not only right now, but in the future. If you purchase a software with a
limit on the number of users, you may want to find out if you can
upgrade to more users down the road.
- What are the aging report capabilities?
For billing services this is a HUGE deal. Unfortunately for many medical
offices, aging reports are never run, which is an area where they lose a
lot of money. Whatever your situation, you will want to know what the
aging report capabilities are. (One of the offices we bill for has
a very expensive program. However, in the aging reports, it
doesn't show the date of service, it shows the last date the account was
adjusted. Also, the report does not separate charges by the number
of days old. It only runs a report showing everything that is
outstanding. This report makes it almost impossible to follow up
on the oldest charges.)
- What is the cost of the software? The old
saying ‘you get what you pay for’ is usually true, and applies in the
case of billing software. Again, you will need to consider your specific
needs when determining how much you should spend on your software. If
you are a solo practitioner who sees patients part time out of your
house, you will not need a terribly complex program, but if you are a 5
doctor medical office, you will need to look at an appropriate medical
office billing software.
- What are the report writing capabilities?
Sometimes it is necessary to create your own report. For
example, you may have a form that is required but it is not a standard
insurance form. If you have to fill out a number of them a month,
it may be worth having a report in your billing software that does it
for you. (One of our practices had to submit Medicaid claims on
their preprinted forms. It was very time consuming, and they did
quite a volume of them weekly. We wrote a report in Lytec to fill
the forms out, and it was a HUGE time saver!)
- Is the software user friendly? Most
softwares today are user friendly, but you should do a demo of the
program before buying. You may also want to find out if hands on
training is available. It may be beneficial to you to hire someone
to train your staff. A lot of times, offices don't use even a
fraction of the billing software’s capabilities, because they were never
trained properly.
- Does your software allow for more than one
practice? If you are a billing service, you will need to be
able to bill for multiple practices from the same software and be able
to keep them separate. Or maybe you are a medical office with more
than one location, and you want to keep them separate. In any
case, make sure the software you are buying has the capability.
- Do you need an appointment scheduler? For
billing services this feature is usually not required. Most softwares
come with it built in, but some are much more elaborate and easy to
use. If you have a busy medical office, this feature will be
important to look at.
After
answering all of the above questions, make yourself a list of the features
that you will need in your medical claims billing software. A list
will make it easier when you begin your search. Compare your list to the
list of features and you will be able to eliminate softwares that will not
work for you and narrow your list down to ones that will. Then you
can decide based on price, ease of use, and extra features that are not
necessities for you.
When we started
our billing service, we tested a lot of different demos of medical
office billing software. At the time we started there were still programs
that ran on DOS? (There's a term you don't hear a lot anymore!) We wanted
a medical claims billing software that definitely ran on windows, and was
user friendly.
As a billing service,
we would need to train people on it as we grew. We also wanted to make
sure it was
HIPAA compliant so we
would be able to use it in the future. It was also very important to
us that we had capability to
send claims electronically
as
this is now mandated for larger practices.
After searching, we found
Lytec Medical Office Billing
Software
to be perfect for us. It allowed us to have multiple
users, and to bill for multiple practices from the same program, while
storing their data separately on one medical office billing
software. The aging reports and report writing capabilities were
very good. And the price was in our range. We've found an
excellent reseller for Lytec. Deanna McMerty at 732-780-6896 can answer any questions you may have or help determine your needs. Tell her Alice from Solutions Medical Billing sent you.Another great medical billing software is
Medisoft. It is owned by the same company as Lytec and offers many
good solutions for the requirements in medical offices. It is
available at a very reasonable cost and is very user friendly.
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