MEDITECH
Physician Billing and Receivables (PBR)

Physician Billing and Receivables (PBR) is a comprehensive physician billing and financial management application designed to address the unique needs of the physician practice environment. PBR enables full line-item posting, customized patient statements and automatic generation of claims. In addition, extensive standard and site-specific reporting options are available, along with electronic claims/remittance and automated collections functionality, thus streamlining your financial processes and enhancing the timeliness of payments. PBR is also integrated with the MPM Patient Record, allowing procedure and diagnosis data to flow seamlessly from MPM Patient Record to PBR for ease of charge entry.

Components & Benefits

Physician Billing & Receivables (PBR) includes:

• Patient billing
• Cash drawer
• Automated collections
• Powerful reporting
• Seamless integration
• Data security
• Revenue cycle management

Standard Features

Patient Billing
The PBR application can dramatically streamline your billing processes according to the demands of the physician practice environment. In Physician Billing and Receivables:

• Patients may be assigned one account for life to store their entire financial history
• Worklist style charge entry allows streamlined workflow
• Managed care plans can be automated
• Receipts and adjustments are applied to individual transactions, enabling line-item reporting.

Cash Drawer
Available when using the MPM Suite, the cash drawer provides a simple, flexible solution for tracking patient co-payments and other payments collected at the time of service. Standard options are available to assist with balancing and closing each cash drawer at the end of the day.

Automated Collections
PBR automates many of the collection functions physician practices typically execute manually, not only saving valuable staff time, but also increasing the success and timeliness of your collection efforts. The on-line Collection Worklist allows users to automatically generate, at user-specified intervals, separate "worklists" for their various collections staff, sorted and selected according to their own criteria.

Collections staff efficiently process their individual worklists using a single worklist processing screen from which delinquent balances may be reviewed at the charge level and resolved with the patient or insurance provider. Staff may process one or several accounts at a time, adding comments, letters, and reminders, or re-creating claims for insurances.

Powerful Reporting
With a wide variety of standard reports, user-friendly Selection Reports, and a powerful custom report writing tool, performance may be effectively monitored on many levels. Highly focused volume and revenue reports can be generated, with details of financial activity organized by payor, insurance, provider, practice, location, department, and division, along with managed care and reimbursement reports. Also, all data is sent to MEDITECH's Data Repository enabling robust reporting on enterprise-wide data.

Seamless Integration
In addition to full integration with the patient’s electronic chart for automated flow of procedures and diagnoses, PBR is seamlessly integrated with the financial and executive reporting components of the MEDITECH HCIS, allowing patient financial data to be safely and securely shared across your enterprise according to your needs. Available integration options include:

• Data Repository
• Executive Support System
• General Ledger
• Accounts Payable
• Scheduling
• Billing and Accounts Receivable.

Data Security
Within the Medical and Practice Management Suite, each user has a distinct user ID and password, and users are restricted to only the information for which they are authorized. Additional security features include:

• Custom menus that allow users access to only those specific routines and functions appropriate to their roles
• Access to specific financial information that may be limited based on user profiles
• Audit trails that identify users who post financial transactions or make edits to them.

Other Standard Features

• Full open-item billing
• Automatic flow of clinical data to PBR
• Various payment posting options
• Customized patient statements
• Electronic claim submission and remittance
• Guarantor billing
• Online bill pay via the Patient Portal*.

*See Patient Portal brief for more information

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