BUYERS GUIDE: Practice Management

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BUYERS GUIDE: Practice Management
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<br />By  Patty Enrado, Contributing Editor  04/01/06 BUYERS 0406
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<br />EMR drives practice management
<br />hysician groups are replacing their legacy systems, which marks a big opportunity for vendors in this market, according to Brooke Turner, research manager for KLAS. The most desirable system is a single-system, single-database, Windows-based solution.
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<br />hysicians also want a strong customizable reporter writer to manipulate data easily in order to see financial trends. As large clinics are closely associated with hospitals, these physician groups are heavily influenced by the systems the hospitals use, said Jared Peterson, director of field operations for KLAS. Therefore, EMR systems are driving practice management systems overall. The following list is based on The Top 20: 2005 Best in KLAS report. Healthcare IT News will cover ambulatory EMR systems in the June Buyers Guide.
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<br />Ambulatory Billing and Scheduling for more than 100 Physicians
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<br />Epic Systems
<br />Resolute Professional Billing, Prelude Registration and Cadence Scheduling
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<br />KLAS Rank No.1
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<br />Features: Includes a powerful rules-based scheduling engine, advanced schedule scanning for assessing provider workloads, centralized/decentralized scheduling, patient benefit tracking, authorization/referral management, cash management and bank reconciliation, integrated point-of-sale systems and automated follow-up actions. ABN &#097;bout:s and tracking, claims scrubbing, expected reimbursement tracking and point-of-service collections with managed care &#097;bout:s contribute to ROI. The system uses ANSI transaction formats for native electronic claims and remittance processing, online eligibility, claims status queries and referral authorizations.
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<br />Does your system integrate with EMR systems? If it requires an interface, who are your EMR system partners? Epic’s EpicCare EMR uses the same underlying data repository and role-based user interface as Epic’s practice management applications, creating a seamlessly integrated system. Organizations can link their Epic products with external EMR systems using Epic’s suite of standard yet flexible HL7 incoming and outgoing interfaces. Epic does not have exclusive partnerships with any EMR vendors.
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<br />Do you offer a single-database solution? Yes. Epic’s practice management system uses a single database to support multiple locations and functions that cross billing and scheduling areas (determining a copay amount and posting payment at appointment check in, for example).
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<br />Does your system have a customizable reporter writer or does it require a third-party reporter writer? Epic’s practice management system has a built-in customizable report writer and provides the option of using familiar third-party report writers for analytical reporting.
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<br />For claims submission, do you require your clients to submit to a particular clearinghouse or can they submit to a clearinghouse of their choice? Clients can submit to a clearinghouse of their choice.
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<br />Misys Healthcare Systems
<br />Misys Vision: practice management system for healthcare organizations with large physician practices, including IDNs, MSOs and academic medical centers.
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<br />KLAS Rank No.2
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<br />Features: True integration with Misys EMR. The systems share the same database for full integration of clinical and financial data. Payerpath Claim Transactions is an Internet-based service that helps lower A/R cycles by submitting cleaner claims. Management reporting and analysis has powerful, customizable filters and reporting tools. Powerful appointment scheduling is integrated with Misys EMR and insurance rules, and provides filters and preferences by user and provider. ID card scanning scans images to a patient’s medical record.
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<br />Does your system integrate with EMR systems? If it requires an interface, who are your EMR system partners? Yes, true integration with Misys EMR–a single change to your patient’s record automatically updates the information throughout the entire system. And, one set of master files is shared between the systems for a single data repository, delivering better reporting and easier maintenance.
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<br />Do you offer a single-database solution? Yes, Misys Vision shares the same powerful, relational database with Misys EMR, for easier integration of clinical and financial information that helps practices compete in Pay-For-Performance, Medicare Risk Adjustment and other quality initiatives.
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<br />Does your system have a customizable reporter writer or does it require a third-party reporter writer? Yes, Misys Vision including includes a highly flexible and modifiable reporting system that gives executives and practice administrators easy access to practice data and performance metrics, and helps them develop, organize and optimize reporting in an effective, cost-efficient manner.
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<br />For claims submission, do you require your clients to submit to a particular clearinghouse or can they submit to a clearinghouse of their choice? Clients can submit to the clearinghouse of their choice; however, all claims processed will ultimately be routed through Payerpath, Misys’ transactions clearinghouse.
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<br />McKesson
<br />McKesson PracticePoint Plus
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<br />KLAS Rank No.3
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<br />Features: McKesson’s integrated practice management system, Horizon Practice Plus, addresses the complex financial and administrative needs of physician group practices. Horizon Practice Plus facilitates the access, control, analysis, integration and sharing of clinic-based financial and patient information throughout the organization. An integral part of McKesson’s Horizon Practice Solutions for the ambulatory environment, the system automates processes across the physician practice to drive productivity, enhance patient service, improve cash flow and reduce costs.
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<br />Does your system integrate with EMR systems? If it requires an interface, who are your EMR system partners? Yes, Horizon Practice Plus is integrated with McKesson’s Horizon Ambulatory Care. McKesson also has experience in interface development with other EMR systems.
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<br />Do you offer a single-database solution? Yes.
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<br />Does your system have a customizable reporter writer or does it require a third-party reporter writer? Yes. Horizon Practice Plus provides both standard and adhoc reporting capabilities.
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<br />For claims submission, do you require your clients to submit to a particular clearinghouse or can they submit to a clearinghouse of their choice? No, we do not require clients to submit to a particular clearinghouse.
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<br />GE Healthcare
<br />Centricity Business Solutions (formerly IDX Flowcast)
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<br />KLAS Rank No.4
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<br />Features: Centricity Business Solutions support complete revenue-cycle management. These solutions have been driving success for physician organizations for more than 35 years, and are currently the chosen revenue-cycle management solution for over 350 provider organizations. The Centricity Business Solutions approach to managing patient information promotes accurate, streamlined collection of billing information and improved patient service, regardless of care delivery location.
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<br />Does your system integrate with EMR systems? If it requires an interface, who are your EMR system partners? Centricity Business Solutions provides flexible clinical interoperability options, so customers can choose the solution that best fits their needs. Centricity Business Solutions seamlessly interoperate with any clinical system, and offers a single-source, integrated clinical solution that leverages the Centricity Electronic Medical Record (EMR). Centricity Business Solutions also offers an integrated clinical solution that leverages TouchWorks from All&#115;cripts Healthcare Solutions.
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<br />Do you offer a single-database solution? Yes. For organizations seeking an enterprise-wide, single-database clinical, financial and administrative solution, GE Healthcare offers Centricity Enterprise (formerly IDX Carecast).
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<br />Does your system have a customizable reporter writer or does it require a third-party reporter writer? Yes. Centricity Business Solutions offers the Reporter solution, which provides enhanced access to Flowcast application data for quick, efficient, operational reporting. Reporter is a set of objects that collectively forms the Flowcast metadata layer, enabling customers to build robust reports using commercially available, Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)-compliant reporting tools.
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<br />For claims submission, do you require your clients to submit to a particular clearinghouse or can they submit to a clearinghouse of their choice? Centricity Business Solutions offers both clearinghouse and direct-connect options.
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<br />LSS Data Systems
<br />Medical and Practice Management Suite (MPM Suite)
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<br />KLAS Rank No.5
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<br />Features: LSS and MEDITECH have partnered to develop the Medical and Practice Management (MPM) Suite, a robust, full-featured ambulatory care solution for clinicians and administrative staff in practices and clinics. The MPM Suite includes the following clinical, administrative and financial management components: physician desktop and workload management, electronic ambulatory record, ambulatory order management, authorization and referral management, appointment scheduling and physician billing and receivables.
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<br />Does your system integrate with EMR systems? If it requires an interface, who are your EMR system partners? The MPM Suite is completely integrated with MEDITECH’s HCIS to provide a comprehensive EMR throughout the continuum of care, so there is no need to interface to the MEDITECH system.
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<br />Do you offer a single-database solution? You can have a single or multi database solution depending on your organization’s needs.
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<br />Does your system have a customizable reporter writer or does it require a third-party reporter writer? LSS Data Systems offers a customizable report writer.
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<br />For claims submission, do you require your clients to submit to a particular clearinghouse or can they submit to a clearinghouse of their choice? Clients can submit their claims to a clearinghouse of their choice.
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<br />Siemens Medical Solutions
<br />SIGNATURE
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<br />KLAS Rank No.6
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<br />Features: SIGNATURE is a premier practice management system designed to automate physician practices. A powerful and highly flexible solution, it promotes a productive, effective and efficient business office and helps to increase revenue, decrease costs and grow your business. SIGNATURE accelerates reimbursement and collections, manages provider schedules, and provides advanced reporting functions to help monitor, analyze and manage daily operations. With SIGNATURE, customers have a comprehensive ambulatory information system and the service and stability of Siemens.
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<br />Does your system integrate with EMR systems? If it requires an interface, who are your EMR system partners? Yes, it integrates with NextGen EMR.
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<br />Do you offer a single-database solution? Not at this time.
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<br />Does your system have a customizable reporter writer or does it require a third-party reporter writer? Yes, it is called SIGNATURE Enhanced Standard Reports (ESR). Additionally, through Distributed SIGNATURE Advanced Reporting (DSAR) customers have the flexibility to extract from the database and select a reporting tool of their preference.
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<br />For claims submission, do you require your clients to submit to a particular clearinghouse or can they submit to a clearinghouse of their choice? Siemens utilizes Healthcare Data Exchange (HDX) for claims transport, but does not require any specific clearinghouse. Customers are free to use the clearinghouse of their choice.
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<br />Ambulatory Billing and Scheduling for more than 25 Physicians:
<br />athenahealth
<br />athenaClinicals
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<br />KLAS Rank No.1
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<br />Features: athenaClinicals consists of an economically sustainable EMR and clinical services to increase collections, improve quality and decrease office efficiencies. athenaClinical seamlessly integrates with athenaNet, athenahealth’s innovative Web-based revenue management system for patient registration, scheduling, eligibility checking, claims processing and reporting.
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<br />Does your system integrate with EMR systems? If it requires an interface, who are your EMR system partners? Yes, we integrate with EMR systems. Each one is customized depending on the requirements and structure. We are also currently building our own EMR, which will be 100% integrated into the athenanet solution.
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<br />Do you offer a single-database solution? Yes.
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<br />Does your system have a customizable reporter writer or does it require a third-party reporter writer? Clinicals has totally customizable reporting capabilities within the application. It does not require any outside software. Reports may also be downloaded in to access or excel.
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<br />For claims submission, do you require your clients to submit to a particular clearinghouse or can they submit to a clearinghouse of their choice? athenahealth submits all claims on behalf of our customers either directly to the payers or through clearinghouses.
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<br />NextGen Healthcare Information Systems
<br />NextGen EPM
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<br />KLAS Rank No.2
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<br />Features: NextGen Healthcare provides fully integrated practice management and EMR software. Our award-winning solutions are proven to increase efficiencies, improve the quality of care and cut costs—all while delivering a healthy ROI. NextGen EPM streamlines office administration. This powerful system features functionalities designed to meet practices’ registration, scheduling, billing and reporting needs. Its exclusive WorkLog Manager allows your practice to go beyond financial management and into operational management by automating and tracking daily tasks.
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<br />Does your system integrate with EMR systems? If it requires an interface, who are your EMR system partners?   NextGen EPM and our award-winning EMR solution, NextGen EMR, are fully integrated so share a single database.
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<br />Do you offer a single-database solution? Yes.
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<br />Does your system have a customizable reporter writer or does it require a third-party reporter writer? NextGen EPM features a customizable ad-hoc report writer.
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<br />For claims submission, do you require your clients to submit to a particular clearinghouse or can they submit to a clearinghouse of their choice?   NextGen customers may choose the clearinghouse of their choice, or use NextGen EPM’s powerful electronic claims transmission tools.
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<br />McKesson
<br />McKesson PracticePointPlus
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<br />KLAS Rank No.3
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<br />See information in previous entry, above.  
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<br />GE Healthcare
<br />Centricity Practice Solutions (formerly IDX Groupcast)
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<br />KLAS Rank No. 4
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<br />Features: GE Centricity Practice Solutions support practice management and clinical workflow, helping organizations manage costs and enhance their patients’ overall experience. The comprehensive offering leverages revolutionary technology that lets practices take control of their revenue cycle, resulting in high-performance organizations. Today, Centricity Practice Solutions are installed in more than 4,500 provider organizations nationwide.
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<br />Does your system integrate with EMR systems? If it requires an interface, who are your EMR system partners? Groupcast integrates a full range of clinical information via the GE Centricity EMR and the All&#115;cripts TouchWorks EMR solutions. GE Healthcare also works with most of the widely available EMR solutions in the marketplace and are confident in our ability to interface with any HL7-compliant EMR package. Scheduling and demographic information can be passed to the EMR system from Groupcast, and charge information can be sent from the EMR system to Groupcast.
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<br />Do you offer a single-database solution? Groupcast can help customers manage centralized/decentralized processing with three different options: Separate databases with independent constant table files that can be copied and updated but are separate files; one database with shared constant table files but multiple patient registrations, using different account number ranges for each practice; or one database with shared constant table files and one shared patient registration and account number.
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<br />Does your system have a customizable reporter writer or does it require a third-party reporter writer? Groupcast offers standard operational and custom reports as part of the core solution. The Custom Report Writer offers thousands of elements at all levels of the database. The Groupcast Custom Report Writer lets you define up to 144 Boolean logic clauses, and offers sort options at all levels of its database. The solution allows for multiple nested sort groups. Groupcast can store hundreds of customer-specific custom reports to be run on demand. In addition, these reports can have “run-time” elements that will prompt the user to enter specific data each time the report is run. Additional reports can also be stored on a storage medium. Groupcast offers hundreds of standard reports with thousands of search-and-sort options, accommodating nearly every routine report and most specialty reports, as well as relational reporting, in addition to the custom reporting described above. Integration with other Groupcast solutions means reports are based on complete and current data in your transactional systems, so informed decisions can be made with confidence.
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<br />For claims submission, do you require your clients to submit to a particular clearinghouse or can they submit to a clearinghouse of their choice? We view our clearinghouse solution (Groupcast eCommerce Services) as best-of-breed in the industry. However, we also support customers who prefer to work with outside clearinghouses. Groupcast can provide electronic claims submission to clearinghouses that support print image files, for which the clearinghouse sweeps data from a CMS 1500 (formerly HCFA 1500) form.
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<br />LSS Data Systems
<br />Medical and Practice Management Suite (MPM Suite)
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<br />KLAS Rank No.5
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<br />See information in the first category, above.
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<br />Misys Healthcare Systems
<br />Misys Tiger–Windows-based practice management system: for small- to medium-sized practices
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<br />KLAS Rank No.6
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<br />Features: Industry-standard interfaces supports secure data exchange. Integrated electronic data interchange integrates seamlessly with Misys EMR. Practice Pulse Executive Dashboard measures, compares and tracks practice metrics. Payerpath Claim Transactions is an Internet-based service that helps lower A/R cycles by submitting cleaner claims. Misys PatientLink Integration is a Web portal with patient self-service options and online referral tools. Anesthesia Billing ensures proper compliance, processing and handling for anesthesia services. ID card scanning scans images to a patient’s medical record.
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<br />Does your system integrate with EMR systems? If it requires an interface, who are your EMR system partners? Yes, it integrates directly with Misys EMR.
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<br />Do you offer a single-database solution? Misys Tiger uses a separate database that integrates seamlessly with the Misys EMR database.
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<br />Does your system have a customizable reporter writer or does it require a third-party reporter writer? Yes, Misys Tiger includes a complete suite of flexible management reports to monitor productivity, receivables and other key indicators. Users can run reports, hardcopy or on-screen, and export them to third-party programs like Microsoft Excel.
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<br />For claims submission, do you require your clients to submit to a particular clearinghouse or can they submit to a clearinghouse of their choice? Clients can submit to the clearinghouse of their choice; however, all claims processed will ultimately be routed through Payerpath, Misys’ transactions clearinghouse.
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<br />Companion Technologies
<br />Companion PM
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<br />KLAS Rank No.7
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<br />Features: Browser style and navigation, full demographics including health center data, mouse-free transaction entry process, EOB payment processing, electronic claims/remits/eligibility/statements, multi-resource appointment scheduling, managed care, advanced paperless collections, patient recalls, case management, customizable forms generator, HL7 interface engine, customizable report writer, sophisticated patient insurance plan handling (best in industry), patient flow, occupational medicine and medical records repository.
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<br />Does your system integrate with EMR systems? If it requires an interface, who are your EMR system partners? We interface using a user-configurable built in HL7 engine–flexible enough to work with any HL7 compliant EMR product.
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<br />Do you offer a single-database solution? Within PM, yes; across PM and EMR, no.
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<br />Does your system have a customizable reporter writer or does it require a third-party reporter writer? Yes, with an enhanced version available by June. The new version will also have a report scheduler (reports can be defined and then run in the background once/repeatedly, on a schedule, and sent to e-mail boxes in pdf or Excel formats for easy pickup the following morning).
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<br />For claims submission, do you require your clients to submit to a particular clearinghouse or can they submit to a clearinghouse of their choice? We offer several clearinghouse choices, including the national leaders.
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