Professional and Experienced Staff
As you well know, the hiring, training and retaining of top quality people are constant concerns. PMB will eliminate these concerns. We will handle third-party and patient inquires promptly and efficiently. PMB's personnel are skilled in all aspects of Pain Management billing and collections. Our employees are required to participate in continuing education and training programs and attend national and regional Pain Management seminars. PMB Managers are members of MGMA and SPPM and continually review the latest billing, coding, and compliance publications. This insures that PMB will continually provide you with the most reliable and up to date information regarding Pain Management coding, billing and reimbursement.

Complete Financial and Management Reports
PMB has developed customized financial reports specifically written for Pain Management Practices. We will provide continuous analysis and monitoring of your practice's key billing and reimbursement indicators and benchmarks. Our standard monthly reports include Billing and Collections, Accounts Receivable, ICD-9 and CPT code specific reimbursement, and Practice and Physician Productivity. We also provide Demographic and referral pattern reports that will enhance your marketing initiatives. PMB can also customize reports upon request.

Automated 48 Hour Claims Submission
A combination of manual and automated systems insure your charges are billed within 48 hours from the date of service. This is vital to keeping your days in accounts receivable low. Services performed in this time frame include charge notation by your physicians or surgical centers, transmission to PMB, audit by PMB staff, charge entry, and transmission to the insurance carrier or patient. Electronic Billing is always performed, when permitted by insurance carriers.

Updated Super Bills
PMB is equipped to respond to changing rules and regulations. We constantly monitor CPT codes and modifiers, ICD-9 and HCPCS codes as well as CCI Edits and their effects on reimbursement. PMB is vigilant and will immediately inform your practice of changes as they occur.

Contract Analysis
PMB can review existing and new contracts to insure you are receiving appropriate reimbursement. We can also assist you in negotiating terms for each contract that are favorable and advantageous to your practice's billing and collections. Our system software will also insure that you are receiving EXACTLY what the contract promised.

State of the Art Billing Software
PMB utilizes unparalleled Information Technology. This technology is HIPPA compliant and allows us to expedite your claims quickly and safely. We provide antiviral protection, firewalls, and antitheft systems. Our information systems affiliate is a member of the Presidents Council on Internet Security. They will assist you in the installation of software, hardware, internet connectivity, and communications requirements.

Continuous Compliance Auditing
PMB's certified coders and compliance auditors are available to provide your physicians and surgical centers with compliance auditing, planning, and initiatives. We can analyze records, pertinent patient and referral information, dictations, and charges to facilitate correct and optimal coding and compliance. A detailed review will be provided to the practice and individual physicians. Our system software is configured to constantly and consistently screen for HIPPA, Medicare, ASC, State, and local compliance requirements.

Certified Coders
All coding issues and compliance concerns are thoroughly reviewed by PMB's Certified Procedural Coders.

Charge Entry
PMB will provide all manual charge entry functions in order to ensure maximum accuracy, compliance, and expedience. Your practice can choose to submit charges to PMB via handheld wireless PDA's , via Fax, or overnight mailing. We will help you determine the most cost-effective and user friendly method specific for your practice.

Pain Management Physician Billing Consultant
Marc Loev, MD is President of Maryland's largest Pain Management Group and Treasurer of Maryland's ASSIP Chapter. He is an ABA Pain Management Board Certified and Fellowship trained physician. He understands "the business of Medicine" and is available to provide insight and correlations between your clinical practices and billing methods.

Physician Credentialing
For an additional yearly fee, PMB will handle all insurance credentialing needs for your physicians and clinical staff. Our credentialing personnel each average 12 years of experience.

ASC and Ancillary Billing Expertise
The staff at PMB are also experts in Ambulatory Surgical Center , PT, OT, and Imaging billing and collections. PMB management has over 20 years of experience in handling the unique billing requirements for these fields. We have billed for private physicians, Surgical Centers and Hospitals.