After several of you asked for more information about whether or not to hire a billing professional, I spoke with Jill Osborne, EDS, LPC in Georgia. She graciously offered to go after some of the answers to your questions by interviewing her favorite billing professional, Barbara Ifill. Below you {...}
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Billing
First Things First: Office Policies For Your Consideration
I mentioned in a previous post that one of the things you can do when you don't yet have all the clients that you want is to get your office policies in order. What I meant to say is . . . whatever you do . . . don't think of waiting until your first client walks in the door to begin thinking about {...}
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Needed: Great Billing Software For Solo Practioners
A reader, Kristene Elmore, in Brighton, Colorado wrote in asking,
Can anyone suggest a great billing software to manage a solo private practice?
. . . Does anyone use TheraQuick?
. . . Has anyone customized a general billing software like QuickBooks?"
[Update 01-28-09] Another reader, Sandy {...}
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Extending Credit to Your Clients – The Red Flags Rule
If you are a psychotherapist who is considering extending credit to your client i.e. allowing them to post-date a check or allowing them to pay you later by accruing a balance, you might want to re-think that decision. Check out this article, "The Red Flags Rule," written by attorney Richard S. {...}
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