frequently asked questions

• Doctors and medical staff are much happier not to have to worry about filing claims and the time-consuming task of following-up on denials and rejections.  
• As healthcare evolves, coding and regulations are constantly changing.
• Often it costs more to hire in-house medical billing staff than to out-source.  The in-house staff needs frequent training on new codes and regulations.  Staff costs more money in salary and employee benefits.
• Often times in-house staff has other job duties and priorities than just medical billing.  Therefore, we typically see much higher denial and rejection rates between 15 to 30% of receivableds.   At Physician's Edge we aggressively go after all non-paid claims and thus our denial rate is approximately 2% for our clients.
• Incorrect coding and not following billing regulations can open up your practice to significant risk and liability.  This is why it is essential to have an experienced billing company handling your claims that is well versed in the coding regulations of your specialty.
• Taking medical billing off your plate allows for you to focus on why you went into practice, patient care. 

         It is better to entrust these tasks to a trusted specialist like Physician's Edge.

We all know that unforeseen claim denials happen due to incorrect coding.  But imagine if you are a patient who receives an unexpected EOB denial or a statement with an unanticipated balance because of a denied claim.  A patient then reacts often with anger about paying for the encounter.  The patient may also come to question the competence of the healthcare provider as a result.   This situation happens often and can be avoided when you have an experienced medical billing provider.

It is better to entrust your medical billing to a trusted specialist like Physician's Edge.