Healthcare Billing & Management Association (HBMA) For the past few years, Priority Management Group Inc. (PMG) has been a proud member of the Healthcare Billing & Management Association (HBMA). HBMA is the only trade association representing third-party medical billing firms. HBMA members process physician and other provider claims integral to the health care delivery system. They not only bill for medical services, but frequently perform many administrative functions. Three out of four HBMA members are expanding their business to include accounts receivable management, consulting, and practice management.

Constant changes in Medicare, Medicaid, private health insurance legislation and regulations make it essential for third-party billers to maintain a presence in Washington, D.C. The HBMA was created to work with and educate Congress and the Administration on issues affecting third-party billers.

HBMA members typically provide services to specialty physician groups and primary care practices and process Medicare, Medicaid, and private health insurance claims. A typical HBMA member processes approximately 20,000 claims per month, totaling $20 million per year. Some do much more. In fact, PMG currently processes in excess of 800,000 claims annually with clients receipts exceeding $55,000,000 in the same timeframe.

HBMA members are experts in the field of healthcare billing, physician billing, clinic billing, hospital billing, insurance billing, and practice management. With today's HIPAA regulations and insurance coding policies, protect yourself by partnering with educated HBMA members today!

For more information on the HBMA vist hbma.org

 

Health Level 7 Compliance (HL7) HL7 is a standard of communication between healthcare services enabling software from Clinic Management Systems to Electronic Medical Records, labs, hospitals, reporting systems, etc. to exchange data. As this protocol , accredited by The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has become widely accepted the need for manually re-entering data or developing an expensive custom interface has virtually been eliminated. This has allowed healthcare organizations nationwide interface with many well-known applications providing a way to utilize the strengths of different applications while saving time and money. HL7 interfaces are utilized by many of our Clients for years. Let us know if you'd like more information on how an HL7 interface may benefit your organization.

For more information on the HL7 vist hl7.org