Onshore vs offshore anesthesia billing: the percentage is not the cost
Offshore billing sells a lower fee. Anesthesia loses money on modifiers, time, and direction, then loses sleep on PHI. ClearBilling is 100% USA-based. Absolutely nothing is outsourced overseas. Woman-owned. Anesthesia only.
What actually goes overseas
Coding, demographics, denial calls, and sometimes the phone tree. The US office is often sales and a thin 'account manager.' Your anesthesia record still left the country.
Why this specialty is a bad fit for that model
QZ vs QX is a judgment from the record. QS on a MAC list is documentation quality. A night shift reading a checklist will hang a directed modifier on an independent CRNA day, or drop QS on endoscopy. You find out at recoupment.
PHI and BAAs
You can BAA an offshore vendor and still not want those charts on that floor. Our answer is simpler: US team, US data, people you can call without a ticket.
Price
Most ClearBilling practices start at 6% of received claims. That is not the cheapest number you will hear. It is the number attached to onshore anesthesia work. Run the audit page on your current offshore vendor before you decide the 3% was a bargain.
FAQ
Straight answers for practices comparing anesthesia billing companies.
Is ClearBilling onshore?
Yes. 100%. Nothing is outsourced overseas.
Do you use overseas 'overflow' during busy months?
No.
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