External Billers- who gets the checks?

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Hi, I'm evaluating external billers and I notice that some propose a contract in which they receive the checks, post them to my account and deposit them in my bank. Others propose that the checks come directly to me. I assume it's much better for the arrangement to be that they send out the statements but the checks are mailed to me. Is it more complicated than that? thanks in advance. MEGAN LEWIS wrote: Lynn,I have my patients sign in erasable pen a laminated form that acknowledges reading/receipt of HIPPA information. I then scan it into the patient

record and erase for next use(make sure the ink has dried prior to scanning!!). I keep the original Privacy Policy in a clear sheet protector so they can read it. Only one patient out of about 1,000 has asked for a copy of this document. This technique can be used for virtually any form that does not require much writing.This dramatically decreased the amount of paper I was using to create the forms in the first place, and then decreased the shredding needed after scanning. It does not eliminate scanning, but it helps in the pursuit of "paperless."I bought a USB signature pad that interfaced with my EMR, but I have not used it at all. I just have not had the time to figure out this particular nuance. May be I ought to fire it up and see if it will help at all.I am not terribly impressed with the technology of the tablets at this point. I think they will get better and less expensive

in the future, so I have elected to continue with a cordless keyboard and desk PC at this point.Take care, Durango, CO> I am trying to nudge the practice to completely paperless. I will >probably > need to replace my Dell laptop sometime next year, and I'm wondering if > anyone is using tablets/signature capture pads so that patients can sign > that useless HIPAA paperwork on a screen, as well as the paper that allows > me to bill their insurance (as well as email use consent forms, care > management consent forms, opioid contracts, etc.). It would save scanning > in these documents, as well as eliminate the paper folder I have for each > patient. Seems like all the Walmarts of the world and all the drug reps are > already using this

technology but of course their budgets are much bigger > than mine.> > Would it be cheaper and doable just to get a USB add on with a signature > pad? I'm not that crazy about tablets, since my EMR is not a touch > screen/stylus type, and any handwriting that I could generate would probably > be unreadable to the computer. Does the document have to show up on the > signature pad (maybe I could have the computer show the HIPAA document in a > tiny tiny micrographic Parkinsonian font) before the patient signs it, or > can they read it on a computer screen and then sign the signature pad? Any > suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.> > Lynn Ho> > > > >