It happens daily in Florida medical billing – physicians spend time and resources performing valuable services for which they’ll never get paid. Many times, this happens simply because an office employee failed to properly verify that a patient’s insurance benefits were current and that the services requested were covered by the patient’s insurance policy. This inevitably leads to a denial for payment to a medical practice by the patient’s insurance company. It’s a common occurrence that can mean thousands of dollars of lost revenue for a Florida medical practice of any size.

Here at Professional Claims Link (PCL), we believe that a physician should receive every penny to which he or she is entitled once medical services are rendered. That’s why we take a proactive and comprehensive approach to Florida medical billing. A major feature of this approach is our verification of benefits service. Before your patient enters your office, PCL’s experienced Florida medical billing specialists can help verify the following:

•    Insurance eligibility effective dates
•    Patient coinsurance, copay and deductible amounts
•    Plan benefits as they pertain to your specialty and place of service
•    Exclusionary rider information

Our pre-verification of your patient’s insurance benefits will help save your staff hours of time and your practice thousands of dollars by ensuring your Florida medical billing practices are efficient and effective right from the start. Many practices fail to properly verify patients’ insurance benefits simply because their staff is strapped for time. This opens the floodgate for deception or simply confusion that can cost your practice dearly. Some patients will present an expired healthcare insurance card either fraudulently or simply by mistake. Others may not realize the difference between certain insurance policies. For instance, patients who have switched from Medicare to a Medicare Advantage Plan may still present their government-provided Medicare card, which could result in your staff failing to collect a copay or secure an appropriate authorization, and billing the wrong insurance company.

When you trust PCL with your Florida medical billing, we act as your advocate assuring that the patients you see are properly insured prior to entering your office, then following the transaction all the way through to final, full payment. Florida medical billing gets more and more complex all the time. Let our highly trained and experienced specialists handle your Florida medical billing, minimizing your staff’s time and frustration spent on paperwork and boosting your practice’s revenues. Browse our website for more information and feel free to call us at 866-769-2014 to discuss your Florida medical billing needs.

If you’re looking for a way to simplify and improve your Florida medical billing, Professional Claims Link (PCL) can help with a comprehensive approach, handling every step of the process from appointment scheduling to payment collections. While many companies focus primarily or solely on back-end collection of unpaid medical bills, PCL takes a more proactive approach that streamlines and improves your Florida medical billing right from the start.

Our appointment scheduling service is an integral part of PCL’s proven management solution for medical practices of any size. We offer two options: appointment scheduling in your office or appointment scheduling in our office. Both options are designed to make your Florida medical billing process easier, more efficient and more effective and each offers these time-saving features:

•  User-friendly appointment scheduling with flexible time slots
•  Hold or block time features to allow for physician time out of the office or staff meetings
•  Documented appointments from scheduled date to check-out
•  Collection of patient copays, coinsurance and deductibles
•  Color-coded appointments by appointment type
•  Preset length of time by appointment type
•  Robust search feature for finding an open appointment
•  Online recall list with recall type documentation
•  User documented transactions that can’t be deleted
•  Encounter forms or Superbills by appointment type
•  Informative Administrative reporting
•  Recall dates can be set by appointment type or individually at the end of an appointment
•  Online appointment confirmation list with documented confirmation type

When you choose to integrate PCL’s appointment scheduling services into your Florida medical billing process at your office, we’ll provide you with access to our web-based practice management software platform with an appointment scheduling module that allows your staff to quickly and easily make appointments, make and document appointment confirmation calls, check patients in and out, collect copays and coinsurances, setup recalls and follow-up appointments print superbills and run billing reports. The software documents each entry and deletion in the appointment scheduling module with the time, date and your staff member’s name. This helps ensure that your staff is following all appropriate office policies. An online form allows new and existing patients to request an appointment time from their computers, which means less staff time spent on the telephone. And no worries – it’s fully HIPPA-compliant.

To make your appointment scheduling and Florida medical billing even easier on your staff, consider allowing PCL to handle the entire process. We’ll assign a dedicated phone number for your practice to use for scheduling appointments. We’ll greet your callers as if we’re right there in your office and you’ll retain access to our appointment scheduling system, allowing your staff to collect fees and set follow-up appointments in-person. We’ll verify your patient’s insurance benefits when the appointment is made, further ensuring you’ll received payment for services. Let PCL help take the chaos out of your appointment scheduling and Florida medical billing processes. Call 866-769-2014 to discuss your practices’ appointment scheduling and Florida medical billing needs today.

For Florida medical billing information and assistance, you’ve come to the right place. Professional Claims Link (PCL) is a Neptune Beach, FL-based company that has provided physicians with Florida medical billing services since 1998. Having trouble getting your invoices paid? Or are you simply looking for someone new to handle your Florida medical billing so that you and your staff can focus on providing top-notch healthcare instead? PCL has one singular goal: Collecting every penny to which our client physicians are entitled once medical services are rendered – even those that prove toughest to collect.

Medical billing in Florida or any other state can be a time consuming, confusing process. Insurance companies often tweak or change their procedures and policies. New or proposed state and federal legislation affecting Florida medical billing is constantly at play. And it’s yet to be seen how health care reform efforts may affect medical billing in Florida and across the nation. It all adds up to a daunting task for medical office administrative staff.

That’s where PCL comes in. Over the years, we have developed strong relationships with insurance personnel and companies throughout Florida’s medical and healthcare industry. These contacts help keep our Florida medical billing professionals up to the minute on policy and procedure changes that happen within each insurance company. They also provide invaluable support for problem claims adjudication. Their support combined with the expertise of our in-house Florida medical billing specialists allows us to offer you a complete medical billing solutions tailored for your medical practice whether you’re a solo practitioner or a medical billing administrator for a large healthcare provider.

While many companies focus only on back-end collection of unpaid medical bills, PCL takes a more comprehensive approach. We have more than a decade of experience in managing Florida medical billing policies and procedures via the latest in medical billing software and technology, integrating them with best business practices to ensure seamless office operations for your medical practice. We offer services in managing your practices’ patient scheduling, verification of benefits, healthcare insurance claims filing, coverage exclusions and patient collections. We won’t simply write off tough-to-collect medical claims, and we’ll thoroughly review every insurance payment refund request for validity and legality before we stroke a check. You’re entitled to full payment for your valuable medical services. Let PCL’s Florida medical billing specialists help you get it.