The simplest cloud-based clinical
& medical billing solution to help
Optometrists thrive
Healthbridge’s unified clinical & billing solution helps Optometrists deliver better patient care while running a good business. You’ll have all the right tools to help you manage your practice’s patient scheduling, electronic medical records, medical billing, Telehealth, reports & so much more.
The simplest cloud-based medical billing & practice management solution to help Optometrists thrive
Healthbridge’s medical billing & practice management solution helps Optometrists deliver better patient care while running a good business. You’ll have all the right tools to help you manage your practice’s patient scheduling, medical billing, reports & so much more.
Optometrists are facing many challenges – high admin burdens, growing costs and economically strapped
patients.
Additional industry changes like ICD-10 just add to the burden. As an Optometrists you may find it
challenging to i) minimise bad debt from rejected claims ii) keep track and easily resubmit rejected claims
iii) know the financial status of your practice.
With Healthbridge, we help you overcome these challenges with:
Family Check & Patient
Validations
- Validate medical aid membership details for all dependents. Accurate and current details are automatically imported.
Automated reconciliations
- Claims are automatically reconciled, saving you & your staff hours of precious time.
Financial Reports
- Comprehensive practice performance reports that include end-of-day and month-end reports.
- Enhanced claims and invoicing reporting gives you increased contro; of your practice financial status.
Proof of Submission & easy claim
resubmission
- For each claim sent you will receive a claim certificate, proving that the claim has been submitted to the medical aid.
- Fixing and re-submitting claims can be done directly from the online inbox.
Smart & effective patient email & SMS communications
- Send individual or bulk email and SMSes to your patients. With advanced filter options you can customise these messages based on age, gender, visit period, conditions, medications & procedures.
- All emails can be sent with an attachment to provide in-depth information on treatment plans, x-rays or even a brochure highlighting your latest deals.
How Healthbridge supports Optometrists
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Prior patient consultation
Patients can easily book appointments via an online patient booking platform. The appointment is recorded & managed in an online calendar with automated patient benefit checks that will let you know what the patient’s medical aid will & won’t cover. An automated SMS appointment reminder will be sent prior to their appointment.
Prior patient consultation
On arrival patients are checked into a
virtual waiting room. This allows you to
see how busy your waiting room is,
helping you to manage appointment
time accordingly. Medical aid
membership details can be quickly
validated.
Post patient consult
Bill & reconcile
Receive real-time claim responses, indicating what medical aids will or won’t cover. Claims are automatically reconciled, saving you & your staff hours of precious time.
Post patient consult
Collect & remind
Send SMS & email payment reminders to patients on outstanding amounts. Effortlessly accept digital & card payments from patients. Using Bulk SMS, you can send more general customised notifications per patient or to all your patients, for things like flu vaccination reminders.
Healthbridge’s complete cloud-based medical billing & practice management solution, enables you to access your practice from anywhere, anytime. Great software, backed by great support.
Healthbridge’s complete cloud-based clinical & billing solution, enables you to access your practice & patient information from anywhere, anytime. Great software, backed by great support.
Learn more about each product in our proposed solution for Optometrists
myMPS Billing
Medical Billing software
Cloud-based medical billing platform designed to help staff simplify their admin.
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Next steps?
Download our best practice guide for choosing medical billing software to help you on your journey
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Resources for you
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