Should You Hire a Billing Employee asks EclinicalWorks® Specialist?
It was fine when you were first starting out: your office manager could handle billing and tend to her other duties. But now that you’re more established, you seem to be seeing new patients every day and your employee is feeling overwhelmed. Is it time to hire an employee just to take care of the money?
- You need to make sure you can afford one. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, a medical biller averages $37,710 per year, or $18.13 per hour. You can probably hire one for under $22,700 annually, or $10.91 hourly. But if you want quality performance, you may have to pay over $57,320 a year, or $27.56 an hour.
- Employee expenses don’t end there. You have to cover taxes, insurance, disability, and any benefits you choose to provide. That easily increases the cost of an employee by 30 percent or more.
- Either you or your office manager must spend time training, managing, and motivating the new biller. When this new employee calls in sick or is on vacation, who takes care of his responsibilities? If the number of patients increases, do you spend the money and time on another billing employee, or overwhelm your office manager with additional tasks.
A more convenient and cost-effective solution is to hire a billing service. Through eClinicalWorks®Electronic Medical Record, we take care of everything from managing the bills to handling customer inquiries. We can also easily cope with any increases in patient load. Why don’t you contact us to see how we can help you.