Actually i was not trying to argue with anyone, coz most of the people here are far more experienced than me. I am trying to share my experiences with you. Obviously i can guess that you people are working as Managers or so with providers but i am working in a billing company so my experience is different then yours. You should try to look it from a billers point of view. Working with provider and working for a provider are different in many ways. I just want to share my point of view. I am getting good knowledge here, again my point is same that as a biller i think providers dont care much about patient's payment or i should say they dont rely on them. Their main source or what they expect to be the main source is insurances. Obviously if a provider has medicaid patients he would rely on insurance rather than patient.
No, I don't work as a manager...... I am a medical biller for a company, and I have my own billing service. One of the functions I serve is COLLECTIONS. I help providers eliminate the write-offs. I help them do more up-front collections. I can't speak for anyone else, but charge-offs are getting overwhelming and providers are doing more to eliminate them.
Danni. I just came from Golden Corral, for the banquet the kids had for ending the football season.
Nite all.
