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Preferred Health Resources

503 Airport Executive Park

Nanuet, NY 10954

For more infrormation or to schedule an appointment please contact us via email at marla@phr400.com or call us at 877-877-6900 from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM EST, Monday through Friday.

Medical Billing Opportunities

Presently PHR doesn't provide startup assistance. Further, we would warn you that numerous companies in this field are frauds. It's such a problem that the Federal Trade Commission has a web notice that gives advice regarding how to make sure you are dealing with a legitimate company:

Medical Billing Opportunities: Worth a Second Opinion

Here is a case that the FTC successfully prosecuted:

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2003/03/meddata2.htm

The Better Business Buearu also has a warning:

Medical Billing Opportunies

The FTC and BBB articles say that most doctors do their own billing or use an experienced firm. We would have to agree, everyone in our firm has at least eight years experience doing medical billing. Almost all of our growth has come from referrals. To start your own billing service you would have to start from scratch and cold call without references.

However, if you are really determined a good place to start are the medical billing trade associations.  Here are some of their URLs:

Here is one web site, that we have contacted, that has an realistic approach to this industry. This isn't an endorsement, we haven't used their services but membership is only $50:

http://www.billerswebsite.com/medicalbilling.htm

Whatever you do make sure you are ready to help your practices with HIPAA compliance since your billing company will be a covered entity.

Sorry we cant be of greater assistance.