Electronic Medical Billing is the process of electronically submitting and following up on claims with the health insurance companies in order to receive payments for the services provided by the healthcare providers.
Benefits of Electronic Medical Billing are listed as below:
- Hassle free management ’ Electronic Medical Billing is paperless which eliminates the need to manage large amounts of data in hard copy format.
- Automatic process ’ When patients’ data is recorded in EMR, it is automatically linked up with the billing system. It eliminates redundancy and quickly disseminates information to the required modules of EMR.
- Real-time check ’ EMR provides doctors and health-care professionals the ability to instantly check the insurance eligibility of the patient. This provides valid proof of the insurance information to be true.
- Accuracy in reports ’ Hospital managers can access a wide range of reporting charts and consequently link up the billing to the existing accounting systems.
- Cost effectiveness ’ Electronic Medical Billing is cost effective as opposed to paper-based billing because the electronic records require fewer staff and less space as compared to paper-based medical data management.
- Focus on patients ’ Medical billing allows providers to focus on what they should: their patients. As the data is efficiently available with point and click technology to the providers, it is easy to use.
- Super customization ’ It allows customizable patient medical and personal data which includes location, medical history, diagnosis and insurance policy along with other information.
- Reducing time ’ Electronic Medical Billing reduces the time for the medical professionals to spend on keeping up-to-date with changing medical laws, rules and regulations related to patients insurance.
Electronic Medical Billing is changing the face of healthcare industry in the US. As more and more health professionals use electronic medical billing system, their chances of receiving payments by the patients healthcare providers increase source
