Billing companies that work neurology claims every day. Describe your practice once and compare their proposals.
A few questions about the practice, then billing companies that fit send proposals. You are not committing to anything.
Hand off all of it or just the parts that are breaking. Say which in the form so the proposals match.
Charges entered, claims checked against payer edits, and sent daily so clean claims go out the first time.
Every denial worked, appealed, or corrected, with the root cause tracked so the same denial stops repeating.
Old balances called on and worked by payer and by age until they are paid, adjusted, or written off on purpose.
Certified coders assign CPT, ICD-10, and modifiers from your notes, or audit the codes your providers pick.
New providers enrolled with payers, CAQH kept current, and revalidations handled before they lapse.
Statements, online payment, payment plans, and the phone calls that come with them, handled in your name.
Eligibility checks, prior authorizations, and old AR cleanup go through the same request. If you only need one piece, say so.
There is no right answer for every practice. The usual tradeoffs:
Neurology billing looks like E/M billing until you hit the testing. A new-patient headache visit, an EEG read, a nerve conduction study with a needle EMG, and a botulinum toxin session can all happen in the same hour, and each one has its own rules. The visit that comes with a procedure needs modifier 25 and a note that shows separate work. EMG and nerve conduction codes are counted by the number of studies, and payers audit those counts hard. Evoked potentials and long-term EEG monitoring each bring their own documentation traps.
The expensive mistakes sit around drugs and prior auth. Chemodenervation for chronic migraine needs the right injection codes, a documented diagnosis, and a drug line that matches what was actually drawn up, including any discarded vial and its waste modifier. Infusion practices that buy and bill multiple sclerosis drugs carry real money on the shelf, and a missed authorization means eating the cost of the drug. CGRP and MS specialty prescriptions generate their own pile of prior auth and appeal work that rarely lands on anyone's job description. In-house staff usually trip in the same two places. They bill the study without meeting the interpretation requirements, and they let denied EMG claims age because nobody owns the appeal. Medical necessity gets documented after the fact, if at all.
A good neurology biller reads the procedure note before the claim goes out, tracks authorizations against the schedule, and knows which carriers cap EMG units. Outsourcing makes sense when you run in-office testing or infusions, or when your front desk is also your authorization desk. It makes even more sense if one departure would leave you with nobody who understands your fee mix. A one-neurologist office with clean E/M and little testing may be fine staying in-house. If you are shopping, put your testing menu and your infusion volume in the form, so proposals come back priced for the work you actually do.
Three steps. Most practices hear from the first billing company within a business day.
Specialty, providers, claim volume, your software, and what you want handled.
Your request goes to billing companies that work your specialty and take on practices your size.
Compare fees, scope, reporting, and contract terms side by side. Pick one, or none.
What practice managers usually ask before they fill out the form.
Describe the practice once and compare proposals from billing companies that fit. No obligation.
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