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Benefits of web-based Medical Billing

Medical billing enables a healthcare service to efficiently claim for the services provided. Web-based Medical […]

Medical billing enables a healthcare service to efficiently claim for the services provided. Web-based Medical Billing in a healthcare system ensures that the practice receives reimbursement for the work the providers perform smoothly.

With the need to submit claims electronically, physicians should explore web-based services that have made a name in the field of Medical Billing to make their practices potentially cost savers.

Benefits of web-based Medical Billing can range from being accessible across platforms to being super cost efficient. Let’s jump into some of the benefits and figure out what suits us best.

a)      Cloud based Medical Billing service is a win-win situation if you are dealing with a responsible, financially strong, and efficient company because for cloud based service you pay as you go, and it is charged per user, per month and you never have to deal with the cost up-front. It saves you a lot of money.

b)      Web-based Electronic Billing requires limited customization while software based customization is tedious and rigid.

c)       A web-based Electronic Billing service is HIPPA compliant and follows security protocols by maintaining data over secure servers. By doing so, web-based Electronic Medical Billing is more secure as compared to server based. The risk lies with the vendor, as in any case of loss of patient data, the vendor will be responsible. Cloud based service providers are entrusted with the data from customers. By doing so, the risk is not lowered but shared.

d)      Accessibility feature of a web-based medical billing service cannot be ignored and it beats software based Medical Billing service. The ability to provide mobile access via browsers running Medical Billing software is a powerful feature.

e)      In web-based Medical Billing service, the hardware and software both are at vendors’ site. This is an advantage in terms of not managing the hardware issues and technicalities; and also the application side of cloud based Medical Billing because no storage is needed on the client’s end.

f)       Medical Billing in the cloud allows real-time access to billing data.  All the medical billing service clients are able to monitor the performance of your practice in real-time from home or even the office with instantaneous web-based access to financial data and analytics.

Web based Medical Billing solutions can provide clients with an easy to use application as the training needs to be done efficiently and quickly online. With Patient registration and scheduling, encounter submission, and real-time reporting, especially for small healthcare practices and providers and even for large corporations who are desperately trying to reduce their operational cost.


Frank Quinn

The writer is a leading Health IT analyst contributing regularly on some of the most pressing topics like Electronic Health Records, Practice Management, eRx, Patient Portal, Billing Services, Compliance and Privacy and Security.

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