Medical Billing Companies & Consultants in Ponce, PR

AMAS Corp, whose full legal name is Advance Medical Administrative Support Corp., is a healthcare revenue firm based in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It handles billing and coding for physicians, clinics and other providers across the island. Its main goal is to make sure the care a practice delivers gets billed and paid in full.

It also works to lower the risk of lost revenue and of falling out of line with federal rules. Besides its outsourced business services, the company runs an accredited education center that trains and certifies people who want to work in coding and in billing Puerto Rico health plans.

Billing and Revenue Cycle Services

The billing service uses an audited approach based on revenue cycle management (RCM), so claims are checked before and after they are sent. Coding is done to follow federal protocols. The firm says all of its staff hold certifications in medical coding and billing. Its services also cover much of the administrative work of running a medical office:

• Healthcare billing and coding with audited claim review
• Revenue cycle management
• Clinical and compliance audits that point out where quality can improve
• Practice analysis that compares a provider's workload with what the practice actually collects
• Administrative support for running a medical facility
• Credentialing with government agencies, insurers and other institutions
• Negotiation with health plans and liaison (gestoría) services

Training and Education

Through its affiliate Advance Learning Center, Inc., AMAS Corp trains front-office and administrative staff. Courses cover healthcare billing and the rules, procedures and laws that keep a practice compliant. The company says its education center is certified by the AAPC. It is also an Approved Official Extern Site for Project Xtern, which gives coding students supervised hands-on experience. Practices can use this program to train their own staff instead of relying on unproven hires for sensitive billing work.

Compliance and Technology

Compliance is a key part of how the firm presents itself. It says it follows OIG guidance, HITECH, HIPAA and related rules. It also runs client data on its own servers with security protocols in place. For buyers concerned about privacy and audit exposure, this in-house setup and the audit service may be worth weighing against other vendors.

Clients and Track Record

Client testimonials on the website come from a range of physicians. They include doctors linked to Hospital Maestro and Hospital Ryder, an emergency room physician at Caribbean Medical, a gastroenterologist, and a psychiatrist at a veterans hospital clinic in Guayama. Several say they have used AMAS for billing for about fifteen years.

Others mention help renewing licenses and higher collections after outsourcing their billing. New clients can request a free consultation before signing up. The company also lists partner relationships with Assertus, Horizon and Zoom.