About
Our Expertise
Bill Dunbar and Associates, LLC (BDA) provides revenue growth strategies to clinics and hospitals throughout the United States. BDA’s team of professionals and certified coders, with decades of experience working in the healthcare industry, increase the reimbursement to its clients by improving medical documentation, coding, compliance, and reimbursement for our clients. BDA offers a comprehensive, customized, budget-neutral program focusing on improving compliance along with net revenue per patient encounter.
Our clients see an average increase in net revenue per patient visit between 12 and 20 percent.
Our Experience:
BDA is currently providing services to over 4000 practitioners at all times via our current list of client engagements. We have engaged large national chains where we worked on-site at over 250 facilities nationwide. We currently are engaged with large multi-hospital systems, critical care hospitals, multi-specialty practices, occupational health providers, urgent care clinics and behavioral health clinics.
Our Staff:
BDA staff are experts in healthcare management, documentation, coding and reimbursement. Additionally, BDA employs a 2009-2011 AAPC National Advisory Board Member, several past Indianapolis Local Chapter of the AAPC Presidents. In addition our regional directors are nationally and regionally known speakers. BDA’s certified coders are generally double certified. The types of certifications held by BDA staff are:
- CCS | Certified Coding Specialist
- CCS-P | Certified Coding Specialist-Physician-based
- CPC | Certified Professional Coder
- CEDC | Certified Emergency Department Coder
- CPC-EM | Certified Professional Coder – Evaluation and Management
- CPC-FP | Certified Professional Coder – Family Practice
- CPC-H | Certified Professional Coder – Hospital
- CMPE | Certified Medical Practice Executive
- CEMC | Certified Evaluation and Management Coder
- CPCD | Certified Professional Coder in Dermatology
- CPMA | Certified Professional Medical Advisor
- CRC | Certified Risk Adjustment Coder
Each credential is obtained through the American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) or the American Healthcare Information Management Association (AHIMA). BDA staff are required to be certified and maintain their credentials. This is monitored on an ongoing basis.
BDA has enjoyed the benefit of a high level of retention. Specifically, its certified coders have an average employment of approximately seven (7) years with the company. BDA prides itself in hiring individuals that are leaders in the industry, who possess not only technical skills, but have practice management experience and credentials in training and speaking.
