Welcome to the world of travel healthcare, where exciting opportunities await every healthcare professional looking to explore different regions and advance their career. Through this blog post, inspired by the Anders Group Podcast, we'll explore an essential, yet often overlooked, aspect of the travel healthcare industry: billing and timecards. It's a vital area that ensures both travelers and facilities operate smoothly, highlighting the heroism of the billing department in an agency's operations.
The Unique Dynamic of Billing in Travel Healthcare
Billing is a pivotal facet of the travel healthcare industry, forming the backbone between agencies, travelers, and facilities. Where travelers enjoy the freedom of weekly payments upon submitting their timecards from the staffing agency, agencies don’t typically receive approval and payments for those worked hours until months later.. This complex dynamic underscores the financial balancing act agencies perform in maintaining cash flow while supporting their travelers.
Why Travelers Typically Aren't Involved
For most part, billing remains behind the scenes, away from direct traveler involvement, unless particular challenges arise. For instance, when facilities struggle to pay invoices, it impacts an agency’s ability to sustain routine operations, preventing extensions or forward planning beyond the billing cycle. Understanding this aspect offers insight into why agencies take certain actions and the pressures they face.
Role of the Billing Department
A traveler might wonder why facilities and agencies may have to insist on dual timecards. The answer lies in verification of hours. Our billing department works diligently every week, ensuring timecards align with facility records to prevent disputes. We have to ensure both timecards match. If somehow any missed punches or recording of time, allows us to spot early on. As well, filling out an Anders timecard allows for quick processing since travelers submit their timecards early in the week, to be paid at the end of the week (2-3 day processing time from sending to Anders until paid out).. If we are manually entering those hours, it would take more time, plus potentially human error on entry of those hours. Facilities all have unique timecard tracking systems so reading those hours may be difficult (call vs call back, OT etc.). Our goal is to make the timecard submission process as easy as possible, while still being accurate and paid correctly.
While travelers may seldom interact directly with the billing department, it’s important to recognize their critical role in the overall travel healthcare ecosystem. Their hard work ensures that travelers are supported and educated on procedures, and they help keep the system running smoothly behind the scenes.
Watch the full episode of Navigating Travel Healthcare: An Anders Group Podcast – "Billing and Timecards Explained: What Travelers Need to Know" – to get the essential insights every travel healthcare professional should understand.
We hope today’s insights inspire you to continue your travel healthcare adventure. Anders Group is your partner in success, ready to connect you with the opportunities you seek. Don’t forget to follow us on social and visit our website for more information. Chat soon!
Find out about immediate opportunities with Anders Group and tell us… Where Do You Want to Go Today?
.png?width=352&name=AG%20feature%20images%20for%20Blogs%20%20(2).png)
.png?width=352&name=becoming%20a%20traveling%20healthcare%20professional%20with%20Anders%20group%20(4).png)
Leave a Comment