Most Chicago practices lose thousands every year to denials, slow A/R, and local payer quirks specific to Cook County. ParaMed runs the full revenue cycle with a 98% clean claim rate, 92% denial recovery, and 15 day faster A/R. Money in your account weeks before you used to see it.
Active Claims
9
Collected MTD
$26.4K
First Pass
98.4%
98%+
Clean Claim Rate
First pass acceptance across all Chicago and Cook County payers
+27%
Revenue Uplift
Average net collections lift in first 90 days
15d
Faster A/R
Days reduction in collection cycle versus baseline
92%
Denial Recovery
Denied claims successfully appealed and paid
15
On a $10K to $40K monthly billing practice in Chicago, that's $15,000 to $72,000 bleeding out annually before it ever hits your bank account. Practices in Cook County face one of the most complex payer mixes in the country including BCBSIL, Aetna, CountyCare, Meridian, plus union Taft Hartley health and welfare funds from United Airlines, Walgreens, Abbott, Allstate, and the trades that generic billers routinely fumble. We built ParaMed to make that bleed visible and then stop it.
Every claim submitted, every dollar collected, every denial recovered across our Chicago client base updates here continuously.
Collected This Month
$26,400
$15,000 to $72,000
Annual leak on $10K to $40K monthly practice
Denials never reworked
65% of denied claims never get appealed. Teams write them off instead of fighting. We recover 92%.
Undercoding and missed modifiers
Generalist coders downcode to play it safe. Specialty coders capture full RVU value without triggering audits.
Slow A/R and Illinois prompt pay misses
Claims past 90 days are 4x less likely to collect. Illinois prompt pay statute requires payment in 30 days or interest is owed, but most billers never enforce it.
Eligibility errors at front desk
Wrong insurance verified at check in, common with Chicago's dense HealthChoice Illinois Medicaid mix (CountyCare, Meridian, Molina, Aetna Better Health, BCBS Community), means denial weeks later.
Patient balance write offs
Statements never sent, copays never collected, balances under $50 ignored. Adds up quickly across the year.
Credentialing gaps
New provider sees patients before credentialed. Every claim denied with no recourse. More common in growing Chicago practices than owners realize.
Free 30 minute audit. We pull 90 days of data and show you the real number.
Most Chicago practices have tried one of the first two. Here's how each model actually performs in real Cook County conditions.
| Capability | In House | National Biller | ParaMed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Payer Expertise | |||
| Clean Claim Rate | 82-88% | 90-94% | 98%+ |
| Denial Recovery | 30-50% | 55-70% | 92% |
| A/R Days | 45-60 | 40-50 | 28-35 |
| Dedicated Account Lead | |||
| Specialty Certified Coders | |||
| True Cost of Collections | 9-12% | 6-9% | 4-7% |
| Real Time Dashboard | |||
| Long Term Contract |
Specialty certified coders mean modifier accuracy, fewer denials, and reimbursements aligned with how Cook County payers actually adjudicate each specialty.
Cardiology
Primary Care
Behavioral Health
Orthopedics
Pain Management
Pediatrics
Ophthalmology
Dermatology
We're not the right fit for every practice. This honest filter saves both of us a 30 minute discovery call if it's not a match.
Four steps. Zero guesswork. We take over the revenue cycle while your team stays focused on patients.
Free revenue cycle audit pinpointing leakage. We pull 90 days of historical claims and show you the exact dollar amount on the table.
Rapid enrollment with every Chicago area payer. EFT and ERA setup, EDI connections, clearinghouse routing all handled by our team.
Clean claims submitted within 24 hours. One dashboard shows everything in flight across every local payer portal.
Aggressive denial follow up plus weekly reports. Monthly performance reviews find the next dollar to capture.
National companies treat Chicago like a ZIP code on a spreadsheet. We don't. Every claim is handled by someone who knows Cook County payer rules cold, including BCBSIL dominance, the dense HealthChoice Illinois Medicaid mix (CountyCare, Meridian, Molina, Aetna Better Health, BCBS Community, YouthCare), union Taft Hartley plans, and Illinois prompt pay statute leverage that trip up generic billers.
Deep working knowledge of BCBSIL contract nuances, Aetna and Cigna timely filing windows, the six-MCO HealthChoice Illinois Medicaid mix, plus union Taft Hartley health and welfare funds from Chicago's trade locals and major employers. We also actively leverage the Illinois prompt pay statute (215 ILCS 5/368a) for past due claims. Out of state billers don't know any of this.
A/R days cut by 15 on average through clean submissions and daily follow up.
AAPC and AHIMA certified, specialized by vertical, not generalists handling every specialty at once.
Live dashboards show claim status, denial trends, and aging buckets, any device, anytime.
One named contact who knows your practice. No ticket queues, no offshore handoffs.
We charge a percentage of what we actually collect for you. If we don't bring in the money, we don't get paid. Skin in the game on every claim.
4-7%
of monthly collections
Most Chicago practices pay between $1,000 and $2,800 monthly and net $2,500+ more in collections within 90 days of onboarding.
No mystery, no sales funnel maze. Submit your info and this is what happens, step by step.
Real human reply, not a bot. We confirm fit and book a time.
We review your A/R aging, denial patterns, and current process. No pitch yet.
You get a document showing exactly where you're leaking revenue in your Chicago practice.
If we're a fit, simple agreement. If not, you keep the audit. Zero pressure.
We earn the relationship every month. No 12 month contracts, no early termination fees, no holding your data hostage. If we don't improve your collections inside 30 days of full onboarding, walk away clean.
The eight questions we hear on almost every discovery call. If yours isn't here, ask us on the call.
Most Chicago practices are fully transitioned in 30 to 45 days. Week one is audit and access setup. Weeks two through four cover payer enrollment, EDI/ERA setup, and EMR integration. By week five we're submitting clean claims under your tax ID.
No. We work with every major system used in the Cook County region including Epic, AdvancedMD, Athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, Kareo, NextGen, Practice Fusion, DrChrono, and most legacy systems. We integrate where you are.
That's your call. Some practices reassign in house billers to front desk eligibility roles. Others let team members go gradually. We can run parallel for the first 30 days if you want a soft transition.
You get a real time dashboard. Every claim status, every denial, every payer touch is logged. You see exactly what we did, when we did it, and what the outcome was. No black box.
Yes. Full credentialing for new providers with Chicago area commercial payers, Illinois HFS Medicaid, all HealthChoice Illinois MCOs, and Medicare is available as an add on. Most credentialing completes in 60 to 120 days depending on the payer.
Available as a separate service. We send statements, run electronic balance reminders, handle patient calls about bills, and route balances past 90 days to collections agencies of your choice.
Yes. HIPAA, HITECH, SOC 2 Type II, and we sign a full BAA before any data flows. All staff trained annually, access is role based with audit logs, every transmission encrypted at rest and in transit.
Send us your contract. We'll review it and tell you exactly when and how you can switch. In most cases there's a 30 to 90 day exit clause. We can time the transition so it doesn't disrupt cash flow.
Every claim, every transmission, every staff member audited and trained. Your data stays protected.
Most Cook County practices we audit are losing 8 to 15 percent of collectible revenue. Find out exactly what your Chicago practice is losing in a free 30 minute audit.
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