Pulmonology billing, answered directly

Most billing services charge a percentage of monthly collections; for pulmonology the industry range is roughly 4–9%, driven by volume, scope, and payer mix. Percentage of collections matters — a service priced on charges gets paid whether or not you do.

Pulmonology stacks several distinct failure points: PFTs require a signed physician interpretation on file, bronchoscopy combinations hit NCCI bundling edits, sleep studies sit behind prior-authorization pathways, and hospital-based work splits into professional and technical components. Each is preventable — but each is a different fix.

Up to five medical billing providers will contact you with competitive quotes, typically within one business day. It's free for practices, with no obligation to accept any quote.

Normalize the scope, confirm pricing is a percentage of collections, then ask specialty-specific questions: how they prevent PFT interpretation denials, whether they review NCCI bundling before submission, who works your account, and how they handle sleep study prior auth. Our procedure pages double as the interview script.

Typically weeks, not months, depending on practice size and systems — and claims should keep moving throughout. Ask every bidder for a written transition plan; any provider who needs your revenue to pause is telling you something.

Ideally yes. Billing from your system avoids a forced migration and keeps your data yours. Ask whether they support your platform natively — and what happens to your history if you ever leave.

Sleep billing has its own failure modes: in-lab vs home test pathways, CPAP compliance documentation, and modifier 26 professional reads. If your practice runs a sleep line, test any biller on it specifically.

Yes — pulmonology and sleep medicine billing exclusively. Every guide, checklist, and comparison criterion is built around one specialty's procedures, payers, and denial patterns.

You should. Whichever biller you hire, confirm you keep full access at all times and that your history leaves with you if the relationship ends. Get it in the contract.