Office-based care
Start with signed outpatient notes, approved charges, claims, denials, and patient balances for the independent practice.
Internal medicine billing depends on where care happens
An independent internist may see patients in the office and, in some practices, at a hospital. Those are different claim contexts. Define the practice’s actual locations and service mix before asking Taiga to take over billing.
Book a demoKeep the place of care visible
Professional claims identify where the service was rendered. Do not treat office work and facility work as one default workflow.
Hospital or rounding work
If clinicians also see patients in a hospital, identify the site of service, who bills the professional service, and what the hospital bills separately. Ask whether those claims belong in Taiga’s scope.
After a transition
For post-discharge follow-up, determine what information arrives from the facility, which clinician owns the follow-up record, and how any applicable transition-related claim is reviewed.
Separate the practice claim from the facility record
A handoff should describe both the care setting and the data owner before anyone changes the submitter.
Clinical sign-off
Your clinicians keep responsibility for documenting encounters and approving clinical or coding context. Confirm how signed charges reach the billing workflow.
Professional billing
Taiga describes coding review, claims, denials, appeals, and patient billing for independent practices. Ask which locations and claim types it will actually manage.
Facility coordination
If the practice rounds at a hospital, name the hospital contact and current claim path. This page does not claim Taiga handles institutional facility billing.
A site-of-care checklist for the call
Bring de-identified examples from each location where clinicians work.
Where do clinicians see patients?
List office, inpatient hospital, outpatient hospital, and any other relevant settings. Identify the EHR and charge owner at each.
Who sends which claim?
Trace current professional and facility billing responsibilities separately, including payer enrollment and clearinghouse access.
How does follow-up move?
Clarify who receives discharge information, tracks older A/R, answers rejections, and communicates balances to patients.
For an independent internal medicine practice
Useful when office billing is the core workload and the team wants a clear answer on whether any non-office services can be added.
Facility work is unconfirmed
The CMS place-of-service definitions distinguish office and hospital locations. They do not establish Taiga access to a hospital record, payer enrollment, or support for rounding claims. Confirm each before contracting.
Questions about internal medicine billing
Does Taiga handle hospital rounding claims?
Internal medicine is named among Taiga’s supported specialties, but hospital or rounding claims are not confirmed by this page. Ask Taiga to review the locations, records, and current billing route.
Is a hospital claim the same as the physician’s claim?
No. The location of care and the responsible biller need to be identified separately. This page is about mapping the practice’s professional billing, not promising facility billing.
How should we plan a cutover?
Start with de-identified office and any non-office examples. Agree on claim ownership, access, denials, and older A/R before changing a submitter.
Review the office-to-facility boundary
Show Taiga your care locations and claim examples, then agree which professional billing work can move and which cannot.
System guides show possible billing handoffs, not proven specialty compatibility.