everything in our world is becoming more and more automated. The days of paper are the things of the past. Who uses typewriters anymore? Yes, they have by the computer and printer, but with the advent of e-mail and modems information must not be printed at all anymore. This also applies to medical insurance billing. With electronic invoicing, no longer do, we send them a paper HICFA, but is it any good? We 're going to see a lawyer for the devil electronic billing and examine both the advantages and disadvantages of your bills electronically.

The pros are easy to recognize. With electronic invoicing, you will save a lot of paper. No longer do you have to print each invoice. With electronic invoicing, using a modem, you can send the invoice directly to the carrier. Not only does this save paper, but it saves postage. The cost for the call that, in most cases, a 800-number that is a lot less than the cost of dispatch of the postal bills.

Another Pro of electronic invoicing is accurate. The programs that are created to have these claims electronically in the controls for an error, as a man yet to enter the data. According to the information for the invoice is entered, you can use another program that checks to make sure that everything we do and everything is completely filled out. Anything missing or incorrect on a bug report, either printed or directly to your computer.

Another Pro of electronic billing is the speed, not just how quickly the call goes to the makers, because they do not have to wait for the e-mail, but how quickly claims are paid. The basic requirements are faster in this way is that the receiving institution has a program that checks for errors, so that the claim itself must not be manually reviewed. This accelerates the process.

It seems from all that it can not be anything bad about electronic medical billing. Oh, if only that the truth. Unfortunately, there are things that can go wrong, and too often do not go wrong.

For starters, computer ACT UP. Programs have flaws, especially when they are new. As the medical industry is constantly changing, these programs must be constantly updated. If this happens, make mistakes pop up. If that happens, can not be claimed until the error is corrected. This can actually shut down for days biller. Not a pretty sight.

Another problem is with the actual transfer of data modems themselves can and often do. Sometimes there's only one problem with the phone line. There may be noise on them. Unlike talking on the phone, the transmission of data requires a perfect connection or the data is not transmitted. If this is the case, the claims are rejected, although it is valid. The data will only be damaged.

In most cases, electronic medical billing is a wonderful thing, but problems occur, and it is important for these problems.

Michael Russell

Your independent guide to Medical Billing