Your specialist works the queue you assign: eligibility and authorization checks for scheduled studies, charge review against the signed report, claim submission, payment posting, denial follow-up and AR. Behind them we run sourcing, vetting, payroll, HIPAA-aligned infrastructure and replacements.
Why Radiology Claims Deny
Every imaging study has two billable parts: the radiologist's read and the equipment, staff and supplies that produced the images. Who performed the study, who read it and who owns the machine decide which part your group can bill (CMS Claims Processing Manual, ch. 13). Get that wrong and the claim fails no matter how good the read was.
Three other problems show up often. Advanced imaging authorizations lapse when a study moves or changes. The study performed is not always the study ordered. And reading groups get patient and insurance details secondhand from the facility, which is where many demographic errors start.
What the Specialist Checks on Every Study
Working Radiology Denials
Demographic and paperwork denials get corrected and resubmitted. Policy denials get prepared for appeal with the report and order attached. Your radiologists and coders choose the codes, you decide which appeals to pursue, and nothing is written off without your sign-off.
If code selection itself needs staffing, see medical coding services. For a backlog of aged claims, see AR recovery and denial management.
Remote or On-Site
Billing specialists work remote from a managed, HIPAA-aligned environment. Where your imaging center needs patient-access roles in the building, myMedCrew places on-site as well, scoped on brief. Remote scheduling support lives at patient scheduling and intake.
What a Radiology Billing Specialist Costs
Radiology billing specialists sit in our RCM tier at $14/hr, billed on hours worked.
Proof Behind the Placement
How It Starts
Book a call and bring your facility arrangements and last month's denials. We scope the role against your study volume and billing setup, present pre-vetted candidates, and administrative placements are typically working within 15-20 business days. If a placement does not work out, we manage the transition and the replacement.
Verification support ahead of the study lives at insurance verification and eligibility services; the generalist parent page is medical billing services.
Frequently asked questions
What is the professional and technical component in radiology billing?+
An imaging study has two billable parts. The professional component covers the radiologist's interpretation and report; the technical component covers the equipment, staff and supplies used to perform the study. When one entity does both, the study can be billed globally; when they are split, each bills its own part.
Why do reading groups see so many demographic denials?+
Because patient and insurance data on reading-only claims usually comes from the facility that performed the study, not the group's own intake. The specialist verifies that data before submission.
Do you check authorizations for advanced imaging?+
Yes. Authorizations are confirmed against the scheduled exam and date, and changes to either are caught before the claim goes out.
Who decides on codes and appeals?+
Your group. Code selection stays with your radiologists and coders, appeal decisions and write-offs need your sign-off, and the specialist prepares each one with the complete record.
How much does a radiology billing specialist cost?+
myMedCrew places radiology billing specialists at a flat $14/hr, billed on hours worked.
How fast can the specialist start?+
For administrative roles, a placement is typically seated and working within 15-20 business days of the scoping call.
Tell us how your studies are split.
Bring your facility arrangements and we will scope the role around them.