Payment Assurance Level One Certified: Austintown Pediatrics

Austintown Pediatrics, a solo pediatrics practice in Austintown, Ohio, has achieved Payment Assurance Level One, reducing its patient bad debt by 50% and cutting payment processing time by 50%.

Here’s Austintown Pediatrics’ story:

The Issues Behind the Business Problems

Lack of Vendor Integration
Austintown Pediatrics leveraged a third-party billing company to manage payer and patient payments; however, the lack of integration with its practice management system led to inefficient processes, reconciliation difficulties and increased patient bad debt.

Lack of Claims and Payment Visibility
Without integration, the

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Payment Assurance Level One Certified: Austintown Pediatrics