{"id":3640,"date":"2016-06-14T10:25:09","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T14:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/systems4pt.com\/staging\/?p=3640"},"modified":"2017-02-10T13:22:17","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T18:22:17","slug":"time-to-think-differently-about-billing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/systems4pt.com\/staging\/time-to-think-differently-about-billing\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Points That Prove: It\u2019s Time To Think Differently About Billing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2015, collections increased 2.2%, (over the 2014 rate), for our practices who\u2019d been with us for over a year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Did your collections per claim increase in 2015? Were they down? Do you know?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Billing in outpatient rehab has reached a tipping point:<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The payers\u2019 computers make 2 billion decisions per second.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thinking that a human is going to out-maneuver the payer\u2019s computer is na\u00efve.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>It\u2019s time to adopt a new mindset:<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h4><strong>Payers are observing you, judging you and punishing you \u2013 with computers.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>It\u2019s OK, (in fact it\u2019s the only way to thrive), to use your own computer to submit PERFECT coding.<\/li>\n<li>Systems4PT technology recommends perfect G-codes and PQRS to therapists, instantly.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><strong>Think of it, right now, payers are sitting on your cash<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>They didn\u2019t pay you, because \u2018something\u2019 was wrong with the claims\n<ol>\n<li>Rebilling a bad claim (your normal procedure) is a waste of time<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Here\u2019s the key:\n<ol>\n<li>The payer has your cash<\/li>\n<li>The more collection calls you make (where you debug the problem claims), the more cash you collect.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>How many collection calls did you make last week? Last month?\n<ol>\n<li>The answer is: You don\u2019t know.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Systems4PT technology GUARANTEES that 95% of open claims are called, each month.\n<ol>\n<li>This activity is verified in a 13 month \u201ccollection call\u201d graph.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><strong>Payer rules have become untenable.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>It\u2019s impossible for front desk staff and therapists to keep up\n<ol>\n<li>Modifiers, which CPT\u2019s are paid, vs. are not paid, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Trying to keep up distracts everyone from the real goal: The Patient!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>The answer is simple: The computer should guide all staff toward creating clean claims.\n<ol>\n<li>Modifiers, proper coding \u2013 The computer tells you what gets paid.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><strong>Technology gets less expensive over time.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Your billing technology does not provide the functionality described above.\n<ol>\n<li>That\u2019s why you are underpaid<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>And you\u2019re paying 30% more than you\u00a0should for this outdated software.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>Typical Results:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>When practices install Systems4PT, on average, their collections per claim increase 9.2% vs. their prior approach to billing.<\/li>\n<li>In 2015, collections increased 2.2%, (over the 2014 rate), for our practices who\u2019d been with us for over a year.\n<ul>\n<li>Did your collections per claim increase in 2015? Were they down? Do you know?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It costs nothing to look at this technology. At the least, you\u2019ll be educated on the state of the art in outpatient rehab.<\/p>\n<p>And at best: We\u2019ll fix your problem!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2015, collections increased 2.2%, (over the 2014 rate), &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.4 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>4 Points That Prove: It\u2019s Time To Think Differently About Billing - Systems4PT<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"4 Points That Prove: It\u2019s Time To Think Differently About Billing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In 2015, collections increased 2.2%, (over the 2014 rate), ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/systems4pt.com\/staging\/time-to-think-differently-about-billing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Systems4PT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-06-14T14:25:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-02-10T18:22:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Systems4PT\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Systems4PT\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/systems4pt.com\/staging\/time-to-think-differently-about-billing\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/systems4pt.com\/staging\/time-to-think-differently-about-billing\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Systems4PT\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/systems4pt.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/cbd6a79a0c6efcdf4bf949f37beca785\"},\"headline\":\"4 Points That Prove: It\u2019s Time To Think Differently About Billing\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-06-14T14:25:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-02-10T18:22:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/systems4pt.com\/staging\/time-to-think-differently-about-billing\/\"},\"wordCount\":407,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/systems4pt.com\/staging\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/systems4pt.com\/staging\/time-to-think-differently-about-billing\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/systems4pt.com\/staging\/time-to-think-differently-about-billing\/\",\"name\":\"4 Points That Prove: It\u2019s Time To Think Differently About Billing - 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