Found several other posts related to billing but none that really hit on what I was looking at so started this one. I have been holding out for the AC integrated billing module, since I'm one of the folk that likes it all to be "in the same place". Currently I've been using a web based billing/emr system that I started using back before starting AC (CureMD is the system and after signing up for it, I started to realize the EMR part of the service stunk so I only used it for the billing...bad planning on my part at the time). Unfortunately my current billing service has given me the news that they are "upgrading" their product and thus are going to be bumping up the cost DRAMATICALLY so I need to dump them.
So now the dilema...do I hold out for AC billing or jump to another system? Are we looking at 4 months, 6 months, 6 years, never for the billing module? A general idea would be helpfull. If it is going to be 6 months, I'll just continue to get extorted by my current company for 6 more months and then jump on the AC billing system, but if we are looking at years or "never" then I will need to move to another party for billing. I was thinking maybe Medisoft with the xlink or such...any suggestions there would also be appreciated...and by the way, what really is the difference between the hl7 interface and the xlink interface? (I was looking at the interface options under the administration panel and noted that some of the practice management interfaces were hl7 and some were xlink)
Sorry about the LENGHTY post but any suggestions would be appreciated, especially any info on the AC billing module ETA.
Steve
