Medical Billing Companies & Consultants in Freehold, NJ

ApexRCM is a medical billing and revenue cycle management firm based in Freehold, New Jersey. It has been in business since 2009. It works with physician practices, clinics and other healthcare providers that want to hand off administrative work so their clinical staff can concentrate on patients. The company calls itself a full-service billing and collections operation. Over time it has added outsourced business processes for healthcare organizations to its billing work.

Services

Its main work is managing the revenue cycle for practices. It can act as the main billing function, or it can add capacity next to a practice's own billing staff. Buyers can choose from these services:

• Revenue cycle management: claims, collections and reimbursement support, either as the full billing function or as backup for an internal team
• Healthcare business process outsourcing: handling a variety of administrative tasks, with an emphasis on technology and automation
• Billing and RCM audits: reviews of the accounts receivable process to find problems that delay payment or reduce what is collected
• Provider enrollment and credentialing: preparing and completing applications and paperwork for insurance networks and government programs
• Staffing support: supplying people with the right skills and industry knowledge to help clients fill administrative roles quickly

The company measures its work with standard billing metrics. These include days in receivables outstanding, first pass acceptance rate, first pass resolution rate and net collection rate. It says clients should see better cash flow, lower administrative costs and higher collection rates.

Specialties served

ApexRCM lists experience with cardiology, dermatology, endocrinology, podiatry, radiology, family practice, nutrition therapy, and physical therapy and pain management. It also serves practices that run their own laboratories. Testimonials on its site come from three clients: a solo family nurse practitioner practice in Toms River, a multi-specialty clinic in Manalapan, and a physical therapy and pain management practice on Staten Island. One of these clients says it has worked with the firm for more than ten years and watched it grow from a small billing shop into a wider outsourcing provider.

Background and approach

ApexRCM was set up to add to the services of its sister company, Exelegent. Exelegent provides cybersecurity and compliance services and saw how much administrative work was weighing on healthcare organizations. That connection shapes how ApexRCM works with clients. Beyond billing, it has reviewed client workflows and, together with Exelegent, helped practices improve their technology, record-keeping and security awareness. Buyers who want a broader package can combine its services with those of Exelegent and CertifyHIPAA.com. The company states that all of its work is HIPAA compliant.

ApexRCM has a global team. Its staff take medical billing training through organizations such as AAPC, HBMA and AMBA and bring a range of professional backgrounds to client work. When comparing billing partners, buyers may note that ApexRCM offers RCM, credentialing, audits and staffing in one place, backed by an affiliated compliance and security company. This may suit providers who want both administrative and regulatory support from a linked group of firms.

Overview

Focused Billing & Collections, LLC is a medical billing and accounts receivable firm in Freehold, New Jersey, a short drive from Lakewood. Founder Stephanie Schaffer owns and runs it. The firm works with healthcare practices that want an outside team to manage the revenue side of the business, from coding and claim submission through to collecting overdue balances. It describes itself as a small company by choice and shapes its approach around each client instead of handling accounts in bulk.

Services

The firm covers the whole billing cycle. It pays close attention to the places where practices tend to lose money: weak documentation, wrong diagnosis pointers and denials that nobody catches. Its main services are:

• Medical billing and accurate claim submission
• Procedure and diagnosis coding, including correct DX pointer assignment
• Preventing and resolving claim denials
• Reviewing documentation and advising on it
• Accounts receivable management, chasing balances in the 30, 60 and 90-day aging buckets every cycle
• Collections on outstanding claims
• Billing support tied to practice management
• A free A/R review and consultation for prospective clients

Specialties served

Focused Billing works with a wide range of outpatient and specialty practices: chiropractors, physical therapists, pain management and internal medicine groups, dental and oral surgery offices, podiatrists, orthopedic practices, vascular providers and acupuncturists. That makes it an option for both medical and dental offices, and for groups that bill in more than one discipline. The company's blog covers topics such as third-party repricing and out-of-network reimbursement, which affect many of these specialties.

How they work with clients

The company puts weight on direct relationships. Each client gets specific staff members who learn the practice and its coding habits, and the owner stays personally involved with accounts. The firm says it can be reached around the clock and helps clients keep up with procedural and regulatory changes that affect billing in their state. Before signing on, a practice can ask for a no-cost consultation where the team estimates how much may be recoverable. Reviews on the site mention client relationships lasting several years and praise the team's responsiveness and its help adjusting to changes in the industry.

Background and credentials

Stephanie Schaffer became certified in medical billing and coding in 2002. She worked in healthcare for about twenty years before starting the company in 2017. Her team now includes several billing specialists, a coding specialist, collection specialists, data entry staff and a human resources lead. The firm says its coders hold AAPC and AHIMA credentials and that the business is BBB accredited. Healthcare Business Review listed it among its top 10 medical billing providers in 2023, 2024 and 2025. The company also says it has recovered more than $1.28 million for client practices. It reports that monthly collections rise by 38 percent on average once it takes over a practice's documentation, diagnosis pointing and denial work.