What we do

Complete billing, and exactly what stays with you

Ten parts of billing. We run seven, check one automatically, track one, and leave one with you. Each is below, with who does what.

Scope

The scope, line by line

TABLE 1.Scope of the service
FunctionMarkSoftwareYour billing teamYour practicePage
Charge review and coding checksINCLUDED
  • Checks each visit's codes, units and modifiers against the signed note and the insurance company's written rules
  • For physical therapy, also timed units, GP, KX and plan-of-care dates
  • Reviews every flag
  • Sends your clinician the question and the reason
  • Changes a code only with your clinician's approval
  • Your clinicians choose the codes, write and sign notes, answer questions and approve any change
Charge review
Claim scrubbing and submissionINCLUDED
  • Builds and scrubs the claim; holds claims that fail a check
  • Tracks each payer's filing deadline
  • Fixes and resends rejected claims
  • Bills secondary insurance after the primary pays
  • Signs notes on time
  • Correct patient and insurance details at intake
Claims
Payment postingINCLUDED
  • Reads electronic remittances and matches each payment and adjustment to its visit
  • Flags payments that differ from what the payer allowed before, take-backs and credit balances
  • Posts what does not match
  • Posts paper checks and EOBs you send
  • Tells you about overpayments in writing
  • Forwards paper checks and EOBs
  • Approves refunds
Payment posting
Denials and appealsINCLUDED
  • Sorts denials by reason and deadline
  • Decides whether to correct, appeal or recommend a write-off
  • Reviews every appeal before it is sent
  • Calls the payer
  • Supplies records or a clinician statement when asked
  • Approves write-offs above its limit
Follow-up and appeals
Accounts receivable (A/R) follow-upINCLUDED
  • Gives every unpaid claim a next step and a date; tracks claim status
  • Works the list
  • Calls insurance companies
  • Escalates what is stuck
  • Answers questions only the practice can answer
Follow-up and appeals
Patient statements and callsINCLUDED
  • Prepares statements from posted balances; tracks what was sent and paid
  • Answers your patients' billing questions
  • Payment plans inside your policy
  • Sets the financial policy
  • Collects copays at the visit
  • Approves any collections referral
Patient statements and calls
Month-end reporting (plus dashboard)Month-end reportINCLUDEDClient dashboardPLANNED
  • Assembles the numbers
  • The client dashboard is planned and shown only as sample data
  • Writes the report: what changed, what is open, who owns each item
  • Reads the report and makes the decisions it lists
Month-end report
Eligibility and benefitsAUTOMATED CHECK ONLY
  • Checks coverage before scheduled visits: active coverage, plan dates, copay, coinsurance, deductible and visit limits where the payer returns them
  • Looks at unclear answers and tells your front desk
  • Does not call payers to verify benefits
  • Fixes insurance details, talks to the patient, collects copays, decides whether to see the patient
Before the visit
Prior authorizationTRACKING ONLY
  • Tracks visits used against visits approved and the dates authorizations and recertifications end; warns before they run out
  • Checks each claim against the authorization on file
  • Your front desk requests and submits authorizations; clinicians write plans of care and recertifications
Before the visit
Credentialing and payer enrollmentNOT INCLUDEDNothing
  • Tells you when a denial points to an enrollment problem
  • Your practice or its credentialing service
See below
  • A coverage check is not a guarantee of payment.

Tasks

Every task, and who does it

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Charge review and coding checks

INCLUDEDCharge review

Claim scrubbing and submission

INCLUDEDClaims

Payment posting

INCLUDEDPayment posting

Denials and appeals

INCLUDEDFollow-up and appeals

Accounts receivable (A/R) follow-up

INCLUDEDFollow-up and appeals

Patient statements and calls

INCLUDEDPatient statements and calls

Month-end reporting (plus dashboard)

Month-end reportINCLUDEDClient dashboardPLANNEDMonth-end report
  • INCLUDEDMonth-end reportYour billing teamBilled, paid, adjusted, still owed by age; open items with owners
  • PLANNEDClient dashboardShown on this site as a sample with synthetic data

Eligibility and benefits

AUTOMATED CHECK ONLYBefore the visit

Prior authorization

TRACKING ONLYBefore the visit

Credentialing and payer enrollment

NOT INCLUDEDSee below

Charge review and coding checksYOUR PRACTICE

Codes chosen, notes signed

Your clinicians choose the codes and own the documentation

We do

Software

  • Checks each visit's codes, units and modifiers against the signed note and the insurance company's written rules
  • For physical therapy, also timed units, GP, KX and plan-of-care dates

Your billing team

  • Reviews every flag
  • Sends your clinician the question and the reason
  • Changes a code only with your clinician's approval

You do

  • Your clinicians choose the codes, write and sign notes, answer questions and approve any change

Charge review

Charge review and coding checksINCLUDED

Codes, units and modifiers checked

Against the signed note and the payer's written rules

We do

Software

  • Checks each visit's codes, units and modifiers against the signed note and the insurance company's written rules
  • For physical therapy, also timed units, GP, KX and plan-of-care dates

Your billing team

  • Reviews every flag
  • Sends your clinician the question and the reason
  • Changes a code only with your clinician's approval

You do

  • Your clinicians choose the codes, write and sign notes, answer questions and approve any change

Charge review

Charge review and coding checksINCLUDED

Documentation questions

Sent to your clinician with the reason

We do

Software

  • Checks each visit's codes, units and modifiers against the signed note and the insurance company's written rules
  • For physical therapy, also timed units, GP, KX and plan-of-care dates

Your billing team

  • Reviews every flag
  • Sends your clinician the question and the reason
  • Changes a code only with your clinician's approval

You do

  • Your clinicians choose the codes, write and sign notes, answer questions and approve any change

Charge review

Charge review and coding checksYOUR PRACTICE

Code changes

Nothing changes without your clinician's approval

We do

Software

  • Checks each visit's codes, units and modifiers against the signed note and the insurance company's written rules
  • For physical therapy, also timed units, GP, KX and plan-of-care dates

Your billing team

  • Reviews every flag
  • Sends your clinician the question and the reason
  • Changes a code only with your clinician's approval

You do

  • Your clinicians choose the codes, write and sign notes, answer questions and approve any change

Charge review

Claim scrubbing and submissionINCLUDED

Claim scrubbing

Required fields, payer IDs, code pairs, authorization dates, filing deadline

We do

Software

  • Builds and scrubs the claim; holds claims that fail a check
  • Tracks each payer's filing deadline

Your billing team

  • Fixes and resends rejected claims
  • Bills secondary insurance after the primary pays

You do

  • Signs notes on time
  • Correct patient and insurance details at intake

Claims

Claim scrubbing and submissionINCLUDED

Submission

Sent through a clearinghouse

We do

Software

  • Builds and scrubs the claim; holds claims that fail a check
  • Tracks each payer's filing deadline

Your billing team

  • Fixes and resends rejected claims
  • Bills secondary insurance after the primary pays

You do

  • Signs notes on time
  • Correct patient and insurance details at intake

Claims

Claim scrubbing and submissionINCLUDED

Duplicate claims stopped

Duplicates are blocked before they go out.

We do

Software

  • Builds and scrubs the claim; holds claims that fail a check
  • Tracks each payer's filing deadline

Your billing team

  • Fixes and resends rejected claims
  • Bills secondary insurance after the primary pays

You do

  • Signs notes on time
  • Correct patient and insurance details at intake

Claims

Claim scrubbing and submissionINCLUDED

Rejections fixed and resent

Clearinghouse and payer rejections

We do

Software

  • Builds and scrubs the claim; holds claims that fail a check
  • Tracks each payer's filing deadline

Your billing team

  • Fixes and resends rejected claims
  • Bills secondary insurance after the primary pays

You do

  • Signs notes on time
  • Correct patient and insurance details at intake

Claims

Claim scrubbing and submissionINCLUDED

Secondary claims

Sent after the primary pays

We do

Software

  • Builds and scrubs the claim; holds claims that fail a check
  • Tracks each payer's filing deadline

Your billing team

  • Fixes and resends rejected claims
  • Bills secondary insurance after the primary pays

You do

  • Signs notes on time
  • Correct patient and insurance details at intake

Claims

Payment postingINCLUDED

Electronic remittances posted

Each payment and adjustment matched to its visit

We do

Software

  • Reads electronic remittances and matches each payment and adjustment to its visit
  • Flags payments that differ from what the payer allowed before, take-backs and credit balances

Your billing team

  • Posts what does not match
  • Posts paper checks and EOBs you send
  • Tells you about overpayments in writing

You do

  • Forwards paper checks and EOBs
  • Approves refunds

Payment posting

Payment postingINCLUDED

Paper checks and explanations of benefits (EOBs)

Posted when you send them

We do

Software

  • Reads electronic remittances and matches each payment and adjustment to its visit
  • Flags payments that differ from what the payer allowed before, take-backs and credit balances

Your billing team

  • Posts what does not match
  • Posts paper checks and EOBs you send
  • Tells you about overpayments in writing

You do

  • Forwards paper checks and EOBs
  • Approves refunds

Payment posting

Payment postingINCLUDED

Unmatched payments and take-backs

Flagged and worked, not written off

We do

Software

  • Reads electronic remittances and matches each payment and adjustment to its visit
  • Flags payments that differ from what the payer allowed before, take-backs and credit balances

Your billing team

  • Posts what does not match
  • Posts paper checks and EOBs you send
  • Tells you about overpayments in writing

You do

  • Forwards paper checks and EOBs
  • Approves refunds

Payment posting

Payment postingINCLUDED

Payments that differ from what the payer allowed before

Flagged and worked with the payer

We do

Software

  • Reads electronic remittances and matches each payment and adjustment to its visit
  • Flags payments that differ from what the payer allowed before, take-backs and credit balances

Your billing team

  • Posts what does not match
  • Posts paper checks and EOBs you send
  • Tells you about overpayments in writing

You do

  • Forwards paper checks and EOBs
  • Approves refunds

Payment posting

Payment postingYOUR PRACTICE

Refunds

We prepare them; you approve; software never moves money

We do

Software

  • Reads electronic remittances and matches each payment and adjustment to its visit
  • Flags payments that differ from what the payer allowed before, take-backs and credit balances

Your billing team

  • Posts what does not match
  • Posts paper checks and EOBs you send
  • Tells you about overpayments in writing

You do

  • Forwards paper checks and EOBs
  • Approves refunds

Payment posting

Denials and appealsINCLUDED

Denials sorted by reason and deadline

We do

Software

  • Sorts denials by reason and deadline

Your billing team

  • Decides whether to correct, appeal or recommend a write-off
  • Reviews every appeal before it is sent
  • Calls the payer

You do

  • Supplies records or a clinician statement when asked
  • Approves write-offs above its limit

Follow-up and appeals

Denials and appealsINCLUDED

Corrections and appeals

A person reviews every appeal before it is sent.

We do

Software

  • Sorts denials by reason and deadline

Your billing team

  • Decides whether to correct, appeal or recommend a write-off
  • Reviews every appeal before it is sent
  • Calls the payer

You do

  • Supplies records or a clinician statement when asked
  • Approves write-offs above its limit

Follow-up and appeals

Denials and appealsINCLUDED

Clinical appeals

Sent to your clinician for review and signature

We do

Software

  • Sorts denials by reason and deadline

Your billing team

  • Decides whether to correct, appeal or recommend a write-off
  • Reviews every appeal before it is sent
  • Calls the payer

You do

  • Supplies records or a clinician statement when asked
  • Approves write-offs above its limit

Follow-up and appeals

Denials and appealsINCLUDED

Write-off recommendations

In writing; above your limit, only with your approval

We do

Software

  • Sorts denials by reason and deadline

Your billing team

  • Decides whether to correct, appeal or recommend a write-off
  • Reviews every appeal before it is sent
  • Calls the payer

You do

  • Supplies records or a clinician statement when asked
  • Approves write-offs above its limit

Follow-up and appeals

Accounts receivable (A/R) follow-upINCLUDED

Next step and date on every unpaid claim

Ordered by filing deadline, amount and age

We do

Software

  • Gives every unpaid claim a next step and a date; tracks claim status

Your billing team

  • Works the list
  • Calls insurance companies
  • Escalates what is stuck

You do

  • Answers questions only the practice can answer

Follow-up and appeals

Accounts receivable (A/R) follow-upINCLUDED

Payer calls and status checks

Each contact recorded on the claim

We do

Software

  • Gives every unpaid claim a next step and a date; tracks claim status

Your billing team

  • Works the list
  • Calls insurance companies
  • Escalates what is stuck

You do

  • Answers questions only the practice can answer

Follow-up and appeals

Patient statements and callsINCLUDED

Patient statements

After insurance has paid its share

We do

Software

  • Prepares statements from posted balances; tracks what was sent and paid

Your billing team

  • Answers your patients' billing questions
  • Payment plans inside your policy

You do

  • Sets the financial policy
  • Collects copays at the visit
  • Approves any collections referral

Patient statements and calls

Patient statements and callsINCLUDED

Patients' billing questions

Balances explained; payment plans inside your policy

We do

Software

  • Prepares statements from posted balances; tracks what was sent and paid

Your billing team

  • Answers your patients' billing questions
  • Payment plans inside your policy

You do

  • Sets the financial policy
  • Collects copays at the visit
  • Approves any collections referral

Patient statements and calls

Patient statements and callsYOUR PRACTICE

Financial policy and collections decisions

Payment plans, small balances, collections

We do

Software

  • Prepares statements from posted balances; tracks what was sent and paid

Your billing team

  • Answers your patients' billing questions
  • Payment plans inside your policy

You do

  • Sets the financial policy
  • Collects copays at the visit
  • Approves any collections referral

Patient statements and calls

Month-end reporting (plus dashboard)INCLUDED

Month-end report

Billed, paid, adjusted, still owed by age; open items with owners

We do

Software

  • Assembles the numbers
  • The client dashboard is planned and shown only as sample data

Your billing team

  • Writes the report: what changed, what is open, who owns each item

You do

  • Reads the report and makes the decisions it lists

Month-end report

Month-end reporting (plus dashboard)PLANNED

Client dashboard

Shown on this site as a sample with synthetic data

We do

Software

  • Assembles the numbers
  • The client dashboard is planned and shown only as sample data

Your billing team

  • Writes the report: what changed, what is open, who owns each item

You do

  • Reads the report and makes the decisions it lists

Month-end report

Eligibility and benefitsAUTOMATED CHECK ONLY

Coverage check before scheduled visits

Coverage, plan dates, copay, coinsurance, deductible and visit limits as the payer returns them

We do

Software

  • Checks coverage before scheduled visits: active coverage, plan dates, copay, coinsurance, deductible and visit limits where the payer returns them

Your billing team

  • Looks at unclear answers and tells your front desk
  • Does not call payers to verify benefits

You do

  • Fixes insurance details, talks to the patient, collects copays, decides whether to see the patient

Before the visit

Eligibility and benefitsAUTOMATED CHECK ONLY

Problems to your front desk

Inactive or changed coverage goes on your front desk's list before the visit

We do

Software

  • Checks coverage before scheduled visits: active coverage, plan dates, copay, coinsurance, deductible and visit limits where the payer returns them

Your billing team

  • Looks at unclear answers and tells your front desk
  • Does not call payers to verify benefits

You do

  • Fixes insurance details, talks to the patient, collects copays, decides whether to see the patient

Before the visit

Eligibility and benefitsAUTOMATED CHECK ONLY

Unclear answers stay unknown

An incomplete answer from a payer is flagged, never guessed

We do

Software

  • Checks coverage before scheduled visits: active coverage, plan dates, copay, coinsurance, deductible and visit limits where the payer returns them

Your billing team

  • Looks at unclear answers and tells your front desk
  • Does not call payers to verify benefits

You do

  • Fixes insurance details, talks to the patient, collects copays, decides whether to see the patient

Before the visit

Eligibility and benefitsNOT INCLUDED

Calling payers to verify benefits

The check is electronic

We do

Software

  • Checks coverage before scheduled visits: active coverage, plan dates, copay, coinsurance, deductible and visit limits where the payer returns them

Your billing team

  • Looks at unclear answers and tells your front desk
  • Does not call payers to verify benefits

You do

  • Fixes insurance details, talks to the patient, collects copays, decides whether to see the patient

Before the visit

Prior authorizationTRACKING ONLY

Authorization tracking

Visits used against visits approved, and the date each authorization ends

We do

Software

  • Tracks visits used against visits approved and the dates authorizations and recertifications end; warns before they run out

Your billing team

  • Checks each claim against the authorization on file

You do

  • Your front desk requests and submits authorizations; clinicians write plans of care and recertifications

Before the visit

Prior authorizationTRACKING ONLY

Recertification dates

Plan-of-care and recertification dates, with a warning before they end

We do

Software

  • Tracks visits used against visits approved and the dates authorizations and recertifications end; warns before they run out

Your billing team

  • Checks each claim against the authorization on file

You do

  • Your front desk requests and submits authorizations; clinicians write plans of care and recertifications

Before the visit

Prior authorizationYOUR PRACTICE

Authorization requests

Your front desk decides when one is needed and requests it

We do

Software

  • Tracks visits used against visits approved and the dates authorizations and recertifications end; warns before they run out

Your billing team

  • Checks each claim against the authorization on file

You do

  • Your front desk requests and submits authorizations; clinicians write plans of care and recertifications

Before the visit

Credentialing and payer enrollmentNOT INCLUDED

Credentialing and payer enrollment

Your practice or a credentialing service

We do

Your billing team

  • Tells you when a denial points to an enrollment problem

You do

  • Your practice or its credentialing service

Comparison

How our scope compares with billing companies

What US billing companies include in their core fee, from a 2022 industry survey, next to what we include.

TABLE 2.Share of US billing companies that include each service in their core fee (2022)
ServiceBilling companies (2022)Mohenara
Claims submission96%Included
Claims follow-up95%Included
Appeals86%Included
Patient support74%Included: statements and calls
Medical coding62%Charge review and coding checks; your clinicians choose the codes
Verification of benefits50%Automated check before visits
Credentialing25%Not included

Survey of 277 people at US medical billing companies, September to October 2022.1 The survey's labels are kept.

Your practice

What stays with your practice

You

Your clinicians

  • Your clinicians see patients and document the care.
  • Your clinicians choose the codes and sign the notes.
  • Your clinicians answer our documentation questions.

You

Your front desk

  • Your front desk collects insurance cards and fixes insurance details.
  • Your front desk requests authorizations.
  • Your front desk collects copays at the visit.

You

You

  • You set the financial policy.
  • Software never moves money. Refunds need your approval, and write-offs above a limit you set need your approval.
  • You keep credentialing and payer enrollment current, or use a credentialing service.

Not included, said plainly

Credentialing and payer enrollment are not part of the service. Prior authorization requests stay with your front desk; we track visits used against visits approved and warn before an authorization or recertification date runs out. For context: in a 2022 survey of 277 people at US billing companies, 25% counted credentialing as part of their core service.1

One visit

One visit, from signed note to paid

Follow one sample visit through every step, with who did each one.

Client dashboardSample clinic · Physical therapy · 2 locations
SAMPLE DATAFictional clinic. Synthetic numbers.Updated Mon Sep 28, 6:00 pm

Claim record

Sample clinic

Sample view with synthetic data. The client dashboard is planned; this shows what it will track.

Claim C-28941

Secondary plan

Pt 2137 · Tue, Sep 8, 2026 · Visit 15 · PTA 1 (North) · Medicare Part B + supplement

Open now $17.62

Checks before the claim went out

7 of 7 passed
  • Passed: 62 timed minutes = 4 units under Medicare's 8-minute rule (53 to 67 minutes).Software
  • Passed: GP on every line.Software
  • Passed: CQ on every line: a PTA furnished the visit. Medicare pays these lines at 85%.Software
  • Passed: KX not needed: $1,298.63 of therapy this year before this visit, under $2,480.Software
  • Passed: Plan of care certified Jul 15 through Sep 23; this visit is covered.Software
  • Passed: 97140 with 97530 on the same day: no Medicare code-pair edit since 2020, so no 59 or X modifier.Software
  • Passed: Units within Medicare's daily limits (MUE).Software

Timeline

Who did what, and when
  1. Fri Sep 4, 6:05 amSoftwareEligibility for the Sep 8 visit: Medicare Part B active, supplement on file.
  2. Tue Sep 8You (PTA 1)Visit 15; note signed the same day.
  3. Tue Sep 8, 7:40 pmSoftwareCharge review passed (checks above).
  4. Wed Sep 9, 5:30 pmSoftwareClaim sent to Medicare Part B.
  5. Thu Sep 10SoftwareAccepted by the payer (277CA).
  6. Fri Sep 25, 8:05 amSoftwareMedicare paid $69.08: payer adjustment (CARC 45) including the multiple procedure reduction (CARC 59); sequestration (CARC 253) $1.41; coinsurance $17.62; claim forwarded to the supplement plan (remark MA18).
  7. NextSoftwareWaiting on the supplement plan. If the supplement plan is late, your billing team follows up.

Outcome

Allowed$88.11Charges $331.00
Medicare paid$69.0880% less 2%
Sequestration$1.41CARC 253
Coinsurance$17.6220% of allowed
Payer adjustment$242.89CARC 45
Expected$86.70Open now $17.62

Split of the $88.11 allowed: Medicare paid $69.08; sequestration $1.41 (CARC 253); coinsurance $17.62, billed to the supplement plan by crossover; patient $0.00. Payer adjustment $242.89 (CARC 45, including the multiple procedure reduction) plus $1.41 (CARC 253). Expected $86.70.

FIG. 1Sample claim records. Synthetic data. Example: a fictional physical therapy clinic.See every view

In detail

Each part, in detail

Questions

Questions about scope

Charge review and coding checks, claim scrubbing and submission, payment posting, denials and appeals, accounts receivable (A/R) follow-up, patient statements and calls, and a month-end report. Eligibility is an automated check before visits. Prior authorizations are tracked, not requested. Credentialing is not included.

No. Credentialing and payer enrollment are not part of the service. Your practice or a credentialing service keeps them current.

No. Your front desk requests them. We track visits used against visits approved and the dates authorizations and recertifications end, and warn your front desk before they run out.

No. An automated coverage check runs before scheduled visits. Coverage problems go on your front desk's list before the visit, with the reason. A coverage check is not a guarantee of payment.

Collects insurance cards and fixes insurance details, requests authorizations, and collects copays at the visit.

Next question: what does it cost?

Notes

  1. 1.Kareo (a Tebra company), The State of the U.S. Medical Billing Industry, pp. 19, 22, 25, Survey fall 2022, published 2022-11 (vendor survey).Back to text:12