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Published on: 4/12/2007
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"The first client is the toughest but you need to start somewhere," said Jerry Killough, president of ClinixMIS, Inc., an application service provider that delivers accounts receivable and practice management software for physicians and medical billing professionals.
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"If you are in an area saturated by billing companies, and you can simply look in the yellow pages under 'Billing Companies' to see the competition, you had better have an inroad to some good business to help you get started," Killough said.
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"If the entrepreneur doesn't personally have the skills they must have people working for them that understand the insurance industry, particularly the managed care portion, plus knows coding, contracting (with payers), and other financial aspects of the healthcare reimbursement world," said Killough.
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"Your main equipment will be in the area of a billing system," Killough advised.