December2011

Our 2012 Medical Billing New Year’s Resolutions

December 29th, 2011 by Kathy McCoy

It’s that time of year, and like everyone else, we’re thinking about how to make 2012 better than 2011. But, no resolutions to lose weight or dump the loser ex here—our resolutions are all about how to make 2012 easier and more profitable for you. So, with that in mind, we resolve to:

Continue expanding and developing our Customer Support team to provide you with the best, industry-leading assistance possible for your medical billing software.
Not require a contract in 2012 and beyond, allowing you the freedom to choose the medical billing software that works best for your practice without a cancellation penalty.
Continue providing free, useful medical billing webinars to help you improve your profitability and manage the plethora of changes occurring in healthcare in 2012.
Not charge a setup fee in 2012 (as always), keeping the cost of entry for your medical billing software at $0.
Continue asking for your suggestions for features and improvements to Kareo, so that we can meet your needs for the best possible medical billing software.
Offer you the widest range of options in EHRs integrated with Kareo, allowing you to choose the one that best suits your practice and specialty, and including low-cost and free EHR options.
Provide you with as much useful information as possible on all the changes occurring in healthcare in 2012 through our monthly newsletter, blogs and social media.
Offer the widest possible range of training and reference tools on our website, including video, live and recorded webinars, and written guides.
And because we all need a laugh once in a while, we’ll continue to provide the occasional quirky blog post such as “How to Handle Medical Billing After a Zombie Apocalypse” or “Twas the Night Before 5010.”

In all, our resolution is to continue to be the easy, affordable medical billing software option, helping you reduce the anxiety involved in getting paid in the changing world of healthcare.

We wish you all a very happy, healthy—and profitable—New Year in 2012.

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Archived Demo Webinars and Free Medical Billing Webinars Available at Your Fingertips

December 28th, 2011 by Kathy McCoy

We’ve received a number of requests from our readers for the recordings of our webinars, both the demo webinars and the informational, free medical billing webinars we provide once a month. We’re pleased to tell you that you can access these recordings at any time.

View an archived recording of a Kareo demo webinar, where we demo the system and answer questions including how Kareo interfaces with various EHRs, how real-time insurance eligibility verification, ERAs and EFTs work in Kareo and much more.

Or you can access our listing of informational webinars on topics ranging from “Getting Paid in 2012: What You Need to Know Now to Make it Happen” to “Managing Your Medical Billing Team: Get the Performance You Expect” to “Preparing for ICD-10-CM: The Nitty-Gritty of Diagnosis Coding.” By viewing these recorded webinars, you can stay up to date on some of the key issues affecting your practice or medical billing service, and get tips from the experts on how to maximize your revenue.

If you would like to hear about upcoming webinars, sign up for our notification list. You can also sign up now for our January demo webinars and our January informational webinar on “Let’s Collect Deductibles in 2012: Tips for Improving Self Pay Collections.”

We would also love to hear from you on the topics you’d like to learn about in our webinars. Please share your ideas and requests in the Comments box.

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Happy Holidays from Kareo

December 23rd, 2011 by Kathy McCoy

Our team wishes you, your staff, and your families a wonderful holiday season.

Happy Holidays from all of us at Kareo!

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Learn to Streamline Your Medical Billing in a Kareo Demo Webinar

December 22nd, 2011 by Kathy McCoy

Considering a switch to Kareo, but want to see how Kareo’s easy to use medical billing solution can help streamline your office and ask questions specific to your concerns? Then you are invited to join us for our next free demo webinars on January 12 or January 26 to learn how Kareo medical billing software will make medical billing easy for you as you improve your profitability. You’ll hear how you can:

● Reduce your cost of ownership with web-based software by eliminating costly software and upgrades
● Save money on your medical billing by paying one affordable monthly fee for software and clearinghouse
● Keep things from falling through the cracks – quickly and easily see what claims need to be followed up on, which insurance companies haven’t responded and more
● Use easy to customize reports to see which procedures are most profitable, which providers are most productive, and much more
● Implement an integrated EHR/medical billing system with Kareo and one of our 8 EHR partners, providing you with freedom of choice in which EHR you use

Starting at just $69 per provider per month, Kareo is the easy, affordable medical billing option that is trusted by thousands of doctors.

We’ll show you why.

During this one-hour webinar, you’ll see in detail how Kareo’s easy to use features help you make your billing more productive. You’ll also have the opportunity to ask questions and learn how Kareo suits your specific needs. Please note that this webinar is designed for those who are not currently using Kareo but are interested in learning more about our easy, affordable application.

Title: Kareo Demo Webinar: How to Streamline Your Medical Billing
Date: Thursday, January 12, 2012 or Thursday, January 26, 2012
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PST (1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST)

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Space is limited.

Reserve your webinar seat now for the dates indicated below:

January 12, 2012 January 26, 2012
1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST 1:00 PM EST/10:00 AM PST

We hope you will be able to join us.

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Twas the Night Before 5010

December 19th, 2011 by Kathy McCoy

We just can’t resist the chance to have a little fun at the holidays. So with sincere apologies to Clement Moore, we offer up our (slightly) humorous take on medical billing and the challenges faced by medical practices.

Twas the night before 5010 and all through the land

Many a practice was ready and the deadline at hand

The changes were made to the software we had

When CMS said, “If they’re not ready, this will be bad!”

So an enforcement delay was announced with a sigh of relief

But others merely shrugged in frustrated disbelief

When out in the practices, there arose such a clatter

That we sprang up to see what was the matter

“5010, ACOs, ICD-10 and medical homes!” cried the docs

“Don’t you know we can only take so many shocks?!”

When what to our wondering eyes should appear

But web-based computing and medical billing without fear

No contracts, no setup fees, no expensive upgrade

Billing much easier could hardly be made

The docs sprang to their PCs quick as a whistle

And away they all billed like a lightning-fast missile

But I heard them exclaim as they won the hard fight,

“Happy billing to all, now on to ICD-10…right?”

If you have verses you’d like to add, we’d love to hear them! Just enter them in the Comments box, and we’ll be happy to share them with our readers. Happy Holidays to all!

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