title: On-line vs. in-house. Which billing system is right for your practice?
abstract: With medical billing becoming more difficult and confusing, you may decide that automated billing and collecting is just the answer you have been looking for to help take the mystery out of receivables. Currently, there are a myriad of in-house systems available to the physician while only a limited number of on-line systems exist. Which computer system is right for your practice? To answer this question, you will need to answer a series of other questions first. To help define your business problem, you must fully understand your practice. The following questions will allow you to analyze your office.
authors.affiliation: Comikes Associates, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Ball
mesh_terms: D000066:Accounting / Q000379:methods*; D008838:Microcomputers; D010350:Patient Credit and Collection / Q000379:methods*; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000191:economics