With the ongoing physician shortages across Canada, the supply and demand that is placed upon our existing general practitioners and specialists is growing daily. The resources that used to be available, such as billing seminars and consistent updates from the British Columbia Medical Association and Medical Services Plan Fee Guide, are no longer being offered.
By outsourcing your billing needs to Sherritt Services Inc., you will be confident that our billing specialists are up to date with all the new changes in the billing codes and guidelines, as set forth by BCMA and MSP, to be able to maximize your potential income. All of this can be accomplished for one monthly fee.
A billing specialist’s entire focus is on billing and knowing the rules that apply to billing. As a physician or office administrator, you have so many other areas that require your knowledge and attention, having someone to concentrate specifically on billing means that person has in depth knowledge of the rules and can apply them in a way that not only keeps you within the rules, but also can maximize your income by knowing how to apply those rules in each situation. Having a billing specialist allows the physician to focus on patient care.
One area that is often missed is keeping up to date with updates and bulletins that are released by the Medical Services Plan, Teleplan and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia. In BC, there are ongoing changes which are not always made available or kept up to date through the BC Medical Association Fee Guide. These changes will most often be found as attachments to your bi-monthly remittance. A billing specialist not only keeps current, but also knows how to access and apply these bulletins, as their only focus is billing. When you have a Sherritt Services Inc. billing specialist you have the entire team of billing specialists working together to share this information with each other and the physicians they work with, for one monthly fee. Even if you were to take a billing course, which are few and far between and may not correspond with your schedule, are you prepared to stay on top of all these changes ? Do you know what information from past bulletins still applies today even though it does not appear in current publications? While a course may be beneficial in several ways, such as helping you to know how to navigate the rules and why the details you provide to your billing specialist are so important, a dedicated billing specialist is most often one of the most valuable additions to your practice.
By utilizing our SSI BC billing team, you will be assured that our billing specialists are up to date on any changes that have occurred, and they will put their knowledge and expertise to work for you to maximize your revenue.