Running your work at home medical billing business successfully will require you to take an active role in promoting your business and getting clients. Breaking into the business can be tricky, but following these tips will help you succeed.
1. Avoid relying on methods with a low success rate.
Undoubtedly you’ve already heard of the old medical billing marketing standbys such as cold calling, mailing brochures (lots of luck), newspaper advertising, or getting a listing in the yellow pages. While you might get lucky with one of these marketing techniques, there is a better chance you will not get much of a response since every other billing service is using these same medical billing marketing strategies.
2. Get referrals:
Ask any owner of a successful medical billing business how they were able to get the majority of their doctors and odds are they will tell you that almost all of them came by way of referrals from satisfied clients. It is well known in medical circles that doctors are a tight knit group that is very hard to break into. However, if your are able to break into that inner circle, then you will have a good chance of getting referrals and ultimately succeed as well.mental health billing services
Referrals are your best chance of having success with your work at home medical billing business. But how do you stand out from the crowd to get your first doctor so you even have a chance of being recommended to other physicians?
3. Focus on a specific specialty
such as mental health care providers, chiropractors, physical therapists, dentists, etc… and become an expert in that niche. Study the specialty–really learn what this niche focuses on: the medical terms, physical conditions, unique procedure codes and modifiers, whatever it is that makes this niche a bit different from other disciplines. If you well-versed in the specialty, you doctors will not only feel more comfortable with you, they will prefer you to your competition This gives YOU the edge, especially over the mega billing companies. Why?
These specialties are often overlooked by new billing companies and the mega billing companies because they are often more interested in the large multiple doctor practices whose specialties are often general practitioners or surgeons. In addition, the large medical billing companies tend to bill for many different specialties. This gives you a fighting chance should you end up competing for a doctor in a specialty which is in your “area of expertise”. What doctor wouldn’t prefer an expert in their field over someone who only spends a few minutes each day on their specialty?