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Revenue cycle · HIPAA-trained · 48-hour onboarding

Medical Billing Virtual Assistants

A medical billing virtual assistant is a remote, HIPAA-trained revenue cycle specialist who runs claims submission, eligibility verification, denial management, accounts receivable follow-up, payment posting, and patient statements for US medical practices. Staffing For Doctors places medical billing virtual assistants at a flat $14 per hour, live in 48 hours, with no setup fee. Practices typically see clean-claim rates rise above 95 percent and AR days drop by 20 to 35 percent within 90 days.

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What changes in your revenue cycle

Clean-claim rate
Above 95 percent

Within 90 days of placement, claims pass payer edits on first submission.

AR days
Drop 20 to 35 percent

Dedicated denial work and consistent follow-up shorten the time between charge and payment.

Collection rate on outstanding AR
Lift 8 to 15 points

Aging buckets stop growing and old AR moves to resolution instead of write-off.

What a medical billing virtual assistant covers

The full revenue cycle, end to end. Most practices start with one specialist and add a second as denial volume drops.

Front-end: eligibility and registration

  • Real-time eligibility verification before every visit
  • Insurance discovery on self-pay and unknown-coverage patients
  • Prior authorization queueing and submission
  • Pre-visit financial counseling and patient balance estimates

Mid-revenue cycle: charge capture and claims

  • Daily charge review and CPT, ICD-10, and modifier scrubbing
  • Electronic claims submission through Availity, Change Healthcare, or your clearinghouse
  • Secondary and tertiary claim filing where applicable
  • Coordination with providers on missing documentation before claims drop

Back-end: payment posting, denials, AR

  • ERA and EOB payment posting, reconciliation against deposits
  • Denial work queue: appeal letters, corrected claims, payer follow-up calls
  • AR aging follow-up at 30, 60, 90, and 120-day buckets
  • Patient statements, payment plans, and small-balance write-off recommendations

Practice management systems we work in

Every major US billing and PM platform. Platform-specific onboarding takes 24 to 48 hours after the BAA is signed.

AthenahealtheClinicalWorksEpicNextGenKareo / TebraAdvancedMDDrChronoPracticeFusionGreenway / IntergyAllscripts

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Frequently asked questions about medical billing virtual assistants

A medical billing virtual assistant runs the full revenue cycle: eligibility verification, prior authorization, charge capture, claims submission, payment posting, denial management, AR follow-up, and patient statements. They work inside your practice management system using your established workflows.

Yes. Our placements are trained on every major US practice management and billing platform including Athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, Epic, NextGen, Kareo/Tebra, AdvancedMD, DrChrono, Greenway/Intergy, and Allscripts. Platform-specific onboarding takes 24 to 48 hours.

$14 per hour flat. A full-time medical billing virtual assistant covering 40 hours per week is roughly $2,427 per month with no setup fee, no benefits load, and no payroll tax. The same role in-office typically runs $4,500 to $5,800 per month fully loaded.

Yes. Every placement signs a Business Associate Agreement before placement, completes HIPAA training, and operates on monitored workstations with 256-bit SSL. PHI is never stored on local devices, and full access logs are auditable on request.

Yes, when the role is structured correctly. Practices that move to dedicated virtual billing typically reach clean-claim rates above 95 percent, cut AR days by 20 to 35 percent, and lift collection rates on outstanding AR by 8 to 15 points within 90 days. The gain comes from consistency: a dedicated specialist works denials and follow-up every day instead of squeezing them between phone calls.

Yes, and this is where the highest ROI sits. A trained denials specialist works the daily denial queue: triaging by payer and reason code, writing appeal letters, filing corrected claims, and following up by phone where needed. Practices typically recover 60 to 75 percent of previously written-off denied claims within the first quarter.

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Hire a billing virtual assistant in 48 hours

$14 per hour flat. HIPAA-trained. Clean-claim and denial work starts week one.

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