The Pensacola, Fla., internist estimates that about a quarter of his claims are rejected, delayed or just disappear somewhere inside the inscrutable bureaucracy of an insurance company. I hear about something daily. It's a major problem. Delays or denials by insurance companies are only part of the problem for physicians.
Some patients fail to pay, even after receiving several written reminders and phone calls.
Before you blame insurers and patients for your billing woes, experts say that there are some simple ways to improve how you get paid. If you don' t send it in right, insurance companies will find every little error because they don't want to pay these things. Know what the payer wants. Each payer has different requirements. It's important to become familiar with those, to be able to look at a claim, either on screen or printed out, and make sure all the blocks are filled in properly.