Sangita Parab, MD, Sangita Parab Medical PC
“I recommend Kareo to any solo practitioner looking for a low-cost way to manage your medical billing and finances.”
Sangita Parab, MD, opened a small internal medicine practice in New York two years ago. For the first year, she used a clearinghouse to send her claims electronically but the arrangement was time-consuming and inefficient. “I had to re-renter the information into their system, which was a duplication of effort,” Dr. Parab says. “I also could not print EOBs or generate ERAs without using their software, which was very costly.”
Dr. Parab had been using Practice Fusion since opening her practice. Through Practice Fusion’s partnership with Kareo, she found there was a less expensive option for handling her entire medical billing operation. “For the same price, Kareo would provide the medical billing software as well as the clearinghouse services,” she says. Dr. Parab decided to try Kareo and has been pleased with the result.
“My staff used the online tutorials to get set up on Kareo, and to learn how to use the software. It was very easy,” she notes. “The tutorials also helped us to understand how to sort EOBs using different reports, and to receive ERAs. Overall, it’s helped us to manage our finances very well.”
Dr. Parab likes the fact that Kareo is a web-based software-as-a-service. “That makes it very convenient to use,” she notes. “We can use it from any computer in the office. We don’t have to assign a particular computer to run the software. Anyone can check on EOBs or ERAs and post payments as needed. That’s a help to my staff.”
In addition to eliminating the duplicative efforts of re-entering patient claims information, Kareo has accelerated Dr. Parab’s payment velocity. “We are getting reimbursed much quicker,” she explains. “We’ve decreased the turnaround time for payments from four weeks to two. In some cases, payments are coming in within the same week they leave the clearinghouse.”
According to Dr. Parab, Kareo’s processes for accelerating payments, affordability and bundled services for managing all facets of medical billing make it a perfect choice for solo practitioners. “Kareo has helped us financially more than any other software,” she says. “I recommend Kareo to anyone who wants to handle all their finances and their overall billing process.”
