Question 1

Can you show us which payers and procedures actually make money?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Alehar builds the margin by payer and by procedure from what was billed, what was collected and what each visit costs to deliver, including the clinical time behind it. The report shows where the practice earns its profit and which contracts cost more to serve than they pay.

Question 2

How do you forecast cash when reimbursement arrives long after the visit?

Accepted Answer

Alehar forecasts receipts from each payer's collection history. The model separates unpaid claims from denied claims and uses the expected reductions your billing team supplies. It tests later payments against the cash needed for clinic payroll.

Question 3

Can you compare the economics of each clinic location?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Alehar compares each clinic's collections per completed visit with the clinical payroll needed to provide those visits. The report shows how differences in payer mix affect the comparison. Rent is charged to each location, and shared clinical staff costs follow the sessions worked at each clinic on an agreed basis.

Question 4

What has to be true before we open another clinic?

Accepted Answer

The plan has to show how the new clinic covers its bills while patient numbers build. Alehar uses the openings of your existing clinics to estimate visit volumes and collection timing. Staffing and equipment payments are scheduled by month, with a separate case for slower patient growth.

Question 5

Can you prepare the numbers for a bank loan or a private equity approach to the practice?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Alehar prepares the practice's collections history and the margin by location to meet the requirements your lender or investor supplies. The forecast includes physician compensation under your existing agreements. When the process starts, the same team supports it through Alehar's Raising Equity or Debt service.

Question 6

Can you work alongside our billing company?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The billing company keeps coding, claims and collections, and Alehar takes its reports as the source for the monthly reporting and the cash forecast. Collections are reconciled to the bank each month, and the practice sees what each payer actually paid against what was billed.

Question 7

Can you build the reporting for physician compensation and partner distributions?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Production, collections and the costs attributed to each provider are reported on the model your agreement sets out, so the compensation calculation is documented and repeatable. Distributions are then planned against the cash the group needs to keep, not only against the profit.

Question 8

Is an outsourced or virtual CFO the right fit for a practice with one location?

Accepted Answer

It depends on what the practice has to decide about collections and staffing. For an owner weighing an outsourced or virtual CFO, Alehar's partner and team report the cash collected for completed visits against clinical payroll each month. The monthly review compares what each payer paid with what the practice expected to collect.

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