Neltner Billing and Consulting

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We Bring the Pieces Together for You

Medical Billing and Consulting Solutions for:

  • Physician medical practices
  • Hospitals
  • University settings

Taking Care of Business While You Take Care of Patients

Neltner Billing and Consulting is a full-service medical management firm focused on providing medical practices, hospitals, and university settings with the tools to proactively manage their day-to-day business.

We specialize in providing billing and practice management programs and services that:

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  • increase revenue
  • maximize efficiencies
  • maximize third-party reimbursements
  • maintain regulatory compliance with local and national Medicare and OSHA standards
  • measure, analyze and benchmark data

We have over 16 years of experience and have consulted with more than 350 hospitals, medical practices, and universities in virtually all 50 states.

While you take care of your patients, let us put the pieces together to help grow your business.

Physician Billing Services

Whether you're a solo practitioner, in a hospital or university setting, or seeking to establish a joint venture, Neltner Billing and Consulting can help you ensure a maximum collection rate.

Our employee team brings financial, clinical and administrative expertise together to provide ongoing solutions in every aspect of billing to include:

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  • entering charges and receipts
  • pre-collection services
  • state-of-the-art electronic claims submissions
  • fast turnaround of your funds
  • office and billing forms
  • weekly, monthly and yearly statistical reporting
  • physician productivity tracking
  • annual review of coding

Practice Management Consulting

Neltner's consulting efforts are enhanced by the fact that we are a full-service physician and hospital billing firm.

Our consultation services begin by identifying the unique and specific needs of our clients followed by goal setting and appropriate action plans.

While we cannot make guarantees, most of our clients generally realize a 20% - 90% increase in reimbursements and/or receivable performance through out program.

Our consulting services include:

  • Mergers, acquisitions, and third-party negotiations
  • Preparation for managed care contracts
  • Medical practice start-up consulting: office layout, exam room layout, financial projections and business planning
  • Joint venture/expansion services
  • Physician-hospital relationship building
  • Audits
  • Reporting methods to track referral patterns
  • Regulatory compliance program and training
  • Efficient integration of your current systems with Misys or other computer systems
  • Employee training programs and seminars
  • Marketing services

Local and National Lobbying Efforts

Members of Neltner Billing and Consulting's staff are engaged on an ongoing basis in health care reform lobbying.

Our efforts encompass activities on both a national level and in various grass roots programs across the country.

Our activities include:

  • Corresponding with Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) representatives
  • Corresponding with key health care reform committee members relative to health care national policy
  • Educating and corresponding with congressional representatives on local and national levels
  • Writing positioning papers on various health care issues - several of which have been published in peer-reviewed publications
  • Conducting local town meetings

Latest News as of
May 2008  

Persistence Pays Off: A Success Story Worth Discussing

On behalf of a client, we have a great success story to report. One of our oncology clients was having continued denials with a large private pay insurance company. The oncologist was following AMA coding guidelines, but the insurance company did not agree.

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What You Need to Know About the 2008 Fee Schedule

It's 2008 and fee schedule changes have occurred. In the Practice Expense category, the RVU practice expense methodology is transitioning between now and 2010. "Direct" expenses will be affected (Clinical staff, Medical supplies and Medical equipment).

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Reality is in the Results, and It Is No Surprise: Your ASP Tallies

In a recent Neltner News article, we asked for you to complete our short ASP "worksheet". We've had several responses from oncology/hematology practices, comparing what they are paying to the Medicare allowable. The results? No surprise: most physicians are paying way too much.

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Please also visit the Neltner Advocacy Alliance website

Call Us Today For a Private Consultation

With the added pressure that national health care trends have put on physicians, hospitals and medical groups to conduct business, you are faced with more financial decisions than ever.

Call Neltner Billing and Consulting today for a private consultation regarding how we can proactively help manage your business.

888-635-8637