title: Take it outside.
abstract: Hiring an outside billing company can increase a practice's collections. Medical billing companies offer data entry, monitoring and review of explanations of benefits, patient billing, management of accounts receivable, and follow-up on unpaid claims and patient balances. Doing some research on the front end can help physicians choose a legitimate company and avoid billing and collections headaches down the road.
authors.forename: Crystal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Conde
mesh_terms: D000067:Accounts Payable and Receivable; D006801:Humans; D011216:Practice Management, Medical; D013781:Texas; D014481:United States