Hire a Virtual Medical Billing Assistant

A MedicalVirtual assistant dedicated to working your claims every day rather than whenever someone at the practice finds a spare hour. Charge entry, submission, denials and patient statements, handled by someone who has already billed US commercial and Medicare payers.

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HIPAA-trainedBefore your assistant starts
Signed BAABefore patient information access
$2M cyberAggregate liability coverage
  • Encrypted workstations
  • No local PHI storage
  • Your US clinic hours
Insurance certificates available on request →
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Andrea B.

Medical Billing Agent 1+ years of experience

Andrea is a dedicated Virtual Medical Assistant with four years of experience in medical billing, customer service, and data entry. She has a strong background in insurance verification, appointment scheduling, and medical records management. Andrea is proficient in handling sensitive.

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The role, explained

Virtual medical billing assistant: what the role covers

A virtual medical billing assistant supports the administrative revenue cycle, including claim preparation, payment posting, payer follow-up and accounts-receivable work under your billing policies.

Best suited to: Practices with unworked claims, aging receivables or billing staff who need a dedicated follow-up queue.

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Andrea B.

Medical Billing Agent | 1+ years of experience

Andrea is a dedicated Virtual Medical Assistant with four years of experience in medical billing, customer service, and data entry. She has a strong background in insurance verification, appointment scheduling, and medical records management. Andrea is proficient in handling sensitive.

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Karina A.

Medical Assistant and Coordinator | 5+ years of experience

Karina is a bilingual professional with extensive experience in medical assistance and coordination. She excels in patient scheduling, insurance verification, and medical billing. Her adaptability and attention to detail make her an asset in fast-paced environments, ensuring efficient workflows.

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Fernanda E.

Medical Interpreter | 3+ years of experience

Fernanda is a dedicated professional with a strong background in the medical field, having worked as a medical interpreter, biller, and virtual assistant. She is passionate about teaching English, particularly to children, and is proficient in tools like Google Workspace and Excel. Her.

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Manuel R.

Call Center Agent | 8+ years of experience

Manuel is a dedicated professional with extensive experience in the medical field and customer service. With a strong background as a virtual medical assistant, he has honed skills in billing, scheduling coordination, and referrals. His proficiency in both English and Spanish, coupled with his.

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A biller on your team, not a percentage of collections

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Valentina Cruz

7 years of US medical billing experience

Valentina supports the full medical billing cycle, including charge entry, clean-claim submission, payment posting, denial follow-up and accounts-receivable work across major US commercial and government payers.

Claims Submission
96%
Denial Follow-up
94%
AR Management

Outsourced billing companies typically charge four to eight per cent of everything they collect, which gets expensive as your practice grows and gives you little say in how your claims are worked. A dedicated biller is a flat monthly cost that does not scale with your revenue, sits inside your systems, and answers to you.

  • Flat monthly cost rather than a percentage of everything you collect
  • Denials worked daily instead of whenever someone finds time
  • Prior experience with US commercial, Medicare and Medicaid payers
  • Works inside your own PM system, so you keep visibility of every claim
  • HIPAA training before kick-off, refreshed annually, plus a signed BAA
  • Full-time from $2,200 a month for billing and revenue cycle roles

Why hire a virtual medical biller

Unworked denials are the most expensive habit in a small practice, because a claim that is never appealed is revenue you have already earned and simply do not collect. A dedicated biller costs less per year than a local hire and considerably less than a percentage-of-collections arrangement once your volume grows.

Felipe Carvalho

Medical Virtual Receptionist

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Felipe Carvalho

Medical Virtual Receptionist

Online Rating 4.5

Felipe Carvalho

Virtual Billing & Revenue Cycle Support

Online Rating 4.5

No percentage of collections

A flat monthly rate that does not rise as your collections do.

Trained and checked

HIPAA training before kick-off, annual refreshers, background checks and a signed BAA.

US payer experience

Only billers who have worked US payers and denials reach your shortlist.

Daily, not sporadic

Denials and aged AR worked every day, not in monthly bursts.

What a virtual medical billing assistant does

Most practices do not have a billing problem so much as a capacity problem. Claims go out, denials come back, and nobody has a clear hour to work them, so AR quietly ages. A dedicated biller works the queue daily instead of in bursts.

  • Charge entry and claim scrubbing before submission
  • Submit clean claims to commercial, Medicare and Medicaid payers
  • Work denials and rejections daily, with appeals where the payer is wrong
  • Chase aged AR and escalate claims sitting past 30, 60 and 90 days
  • Post payments and reconcile ERAs and EOBs
  • Generate and follow up patient statements and balances
  • Handle payer phone calls and portal follow-up on your behalf
  • Flag coding and documentation gaps that are costing you reimbursement
  • Report on collections, denial reasons and AR ageing so you can see the trend

Specialties

Medical Virtual Receptionists are healthcare professionals who support medical practitioners by managing patient communications, scheduling appointments, and handling administrative tasks. They are vital in ensuring that medical offices run efficiently and provide excellent patient care.

Skills and Qualifications

Medical Virtual Receptionists may have backgrounds in healthcare or administration. While a degree in healthcare is beneficial, it is not mandatory; experience in a medical setting is often sufficient.

  • Strong organizational and operational skills.
  • Proficient in professional English communication.
  • Familiarity with basic medical processes and terminology.
  • Excellent research and documentation skills.

How to hire a virtual medical billing assistant

Which payers, specialties and billing systems have you worked with?

Prior US billing experience should include relevant commercial or government payers, familiarity with your specialty’s common claim issues and hands-on work in a billing or practice-management platform.

How do you investigate and resolve a denied claim?

Look for a repeatable process: confirm the denial reason, review coding and documentation, check timely-filing rules, correct or appeal the claim and record every follow-up action.

Which billing performance metrics do you monitor?

Qualified candidates should be comfortable tracking clean-claim rate, denial rate, days in accounts receivable, aging balances, payment posting accuracy and payer follow-up queues.

How it works

Tell us the workload

A short call to map your payer mix, monthly claim volume, PM system and where AR is currently sitting.

We build a shortlist

A placement specialist matches billers who have worked your payers and your software, then sends a shortlist worth reading.

Interview and choose

You meet the candidates and make the hire yourself. We handle the in-country contract, payroll and compliance.

Onboard and start

Your biller starts with HIPAA training complete and a signed BAA in place, beginning with your oldest AR before taking on daily claims.

What practices hand off first

Clean-claim submission

Enter charges, verify claim data and submit accurate claims within payer filing deadlines.

Latin American virtual medical receptionist answering patient calls

Denial follow-up

Research denial reasons, correct claim issues and prepare reconsiderations or appeals with supporting records.

Latin American virtual medical receptionist scheduling appointments

Accounts receivable

Work aging reports by payer and balance priority so unpaid claims do not sit untouched.

Latin American medical virtual assistant processing patient intake

Payment posting

Post insurance and patient payments accurately and identify underpayments or unexplained adjustments.

Latin American virtual medical receptionist answering patient calls

Eligibility checks

Confirm active coverage and benefit requirements before services create avoidable billing problems.

Latin American virtual medical receptionist scheduling appointments

Patient statements

Prepare clear statements, answer balance questions and route disputes under the practice’s policies.

Latin American medical virtual assistant processing patient intake

5 Stage Vetting Process

US medical experience required

Background check

Skills and English assessment

HIPAA training before kick-off

Interview and placement

Our business insurance

Insurance you
can verify.

Your practice needs clear answers about privacy, responsibility and insurance. MedicalVirtual maintains five business insurance policies alongside our HIPAA training, security procedures and Business Associate Agreements.

Documentation for your vendor review

Ask for our certificate of insurance and BAA before your assistant starts.

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Cyber Liability

$2 million

Aggregate policy limit

Employment Practices Liability

$2 million

Aggregate policy limit

Technology Errors & Omissions

$2 million

Aggregate policy limit

Crime & Fidelity

$1 million

Aggregate policy limit

Commercial General Liability

Coverage maintained

Certificate and policy limits available on request

Coverage is subject to policy terms, conditions, exclusions and applicable limits.

From task to handoff

A practical workflow for your virtual medical billing assistant

Start with a defined queue, an approved process and a named reviewer. These examples help you decide what to delegate and what a completed task should contain.

WorkstreamRemote supportExpected handoff
Claim preparationCheck demographics, insurance information and supplied billing details for missing fields.A clean work queue with documentation questions routed to the responsible team.
Payment and claim statusPost payments and adjustments as authorized; check clearinghouse and payer responses.Updated balances and an auditable claim-status record.
Denial follow-upRecord denial reasons, gather requested documentation and track approved resubmissions or appeals.An owner, next action and deadline for each unresolved claim.

Where responsibility stays: Coding decisions, write-offs and clinical appeal arguments need appropriately qualified review. A billing assistant cannot guarantee reimbursement or payer approval.

Plan your budget

How much does remote medical staffing cost?

MedicalVirtual staffing starts at $10 per hour. The agreed rate depends on the role, experience and schedule. Direct hire and built-team engagements are quoted separately.

Hours budgeted per weekWeekly at $10/hourAverage month at $10/hour
20 hours$200About $867
40 hours$400About $1,733

Illustrative calculations, not package quotes: hourly rate × weekly hours × 52 ÷ 12. Actual invoices follow your agreed rate, billable hours and contract. Availability and minimum schedules are confirmed when quoted. Include any additional software seats or practice-side costs in your budget.

See staffing, direct hire and team pricing →

Which systems will the assistant use?

Your practice-management system, clearinghouse, payer portals and approved payment-posting procedures. Match experience to your specialty and payer mix.

Use individual accounts and permissions appropriate to the work. Your practice approves access, provides its procedures and names the person who handles exceptions.

How should you measure the work?

Track unworked claims, follow-up age, denial reasons and accounts receivable by aging bucket. Separate recovered payments from claims still pending.

Agree the definitions and review a sample of completed work during onboarding. Set targets from your own baseline; results depend on workload, staffing and practice processes.

Ready for the first working day

What should you prepare before hiring?

  1. Define the workload. Share weekly volume, required hours, language needs, software and the tasks that stay with your team.
  2. Assess the actual role. Interview shortlisted candidates and use de-identified examples to check the skills your workflow requires.
  3. Set up approved access. Complete HIPAA training and the BAA before PHI access, then configure individual accounts and practice-approved communication channels.
  4. Start with a supervised queue. Provide scripts, task checklists, an escalation contact and a review process before expanding responsibilities.

Matching and onboarding time depend on the specialty, candidate availability and your access setup. Agree a realistic start date after the role is scoped.

HIPAA training alone does not establish compliance. Contracts, administrative procedures and technical safeguards must work together. Read the HHS guidance on business associates and HIPAA Security Rule safeguards.

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