Biller's Advantage was originally designed as a tool to reduce lost revenue.

A large physical therapy clinic performed an audit check of previously entered bills and estimated that they were loosing over $12,000 per month in unbilled services and treatments.

It did not take long to realize that the errors in missed billing charges were due to charge items being overlooked or mis-entered during the process of data entry. Billing charges are typically transferred through key-entry by a billing specialist who reads a billing sheet and enters the charges into an electronic billing sysem. The key was to find a way to increase the accuracy of data entry without disrupting the office work flow.

The solution was to "automate" the standard encounter form, or billing sheet. The information, diagnostics and procedures remained the same, but were organized to lay out choices in computer readable format. Instead of placing an X in a box next to a procedure, the doctor would simply fill in a "bubble" with a pen. A key requirement was that the billing sheet choices matched the type of charges and procedures used at a practice.

The result was an invention that is flexible to any kind of medical practice and can interface with virtually any billing system. Billing sheets that are encoded with customer information and the office's procedure codes are all printed on standard paper using a standard printer (laser printers are recommended).

The billing sheet is printed at the time of the patient visit or pre-printed ahead of time. Billing sheets are filled out by the provider, then scanned into Biller's advantage. After a quick check of the data, the transfer of the charge information to the billing system is performed. There is no keyed data entry, accuracy is increased, and the whole process saves time. Less time and more accurate translates to real revenue increases.

An additional module was adapted to Biller's advantage to add a logic check to make sure that the marked information on the billing sheet makes sense. For example, a child visit for fever would likely not include a root canal - an extremly unlikely event, but cases like this are easily flagged by the unique "sanity check" system - an available option to Biller's Advantage.

Biller's Advantage is now in use at medical offices in six states. Check our success stories for real life examples of how Biller's Advantage has helped offices like yours to realize increased productivity and enhanced revenue streams.