Healthcare - billing - prepare statements from appointment book - addon available (Macintosh)?

Not that I'm aware of and good luck finding anything QB-related that's geared towards the Mac platform.

You could try posting this question on the support message board at

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I'm sure they exist but doubt they work with QB.

Don't.

Find a bit of software designed for a medical practice. The kind of thing you're after is often called a "vertical" application, specific to one industry. QB, in the main, is a "horizontal" product, designed to apply to a broad range of industries that do the same thing the same way.

If you re-define your requirements to include a $400 PC, you'll increase your chance of finding something by an order of magnitude (7% of the market vs 90%).

Or trade-in the current Mac for a new Intel-based Mac that can run both operating systems. The preliminary feedback by Mac people is very good, particularly if you go with a Mini or iMac (some kind of trackpad issue exists with laptops and the driver for XP).

It is not uncomon to have two separate software applications. One for scheduling, billings, electronic submission to and collection from third party payers, medical records, and another for your financial records (QuickBooks).

Tara --

Thanks for the suggestions. I would not have thought of VersionTracker, although I am familiar with the name.

Larry

HeyBub --

I see your point, and agree. I had thought that some of the QB add-ons might resemble vertical products.

I was not successful in disguising my disappointment that a Mac was her platform of choice.

Larry

Tara --

Thanks. She said she was willing to get a new machine. That way, I assume I could find good software for Windows and she could use the Mac for all her other work.

Larry

Thanks Allan --

Finding a package that does billing is her first priority. So, maybe she could take summary numbers from that and enter it into QB, for example.

Larry

Some, sure. QB itself has "editions" for contractors, non-profits, and a couple of others. These offerings are, to my mind, still insufficiently "vertical." For example, there's a significant difference between a roofing contractor and an electrical contractor if, for no other reason, the roofer has very little, if any, inventory whereas an electrical contractor may have lots of stuff.

Mac users are different. To them, their Mac is a member of the family -- sort of like a pet with no legs. They knit sweaters for their Macs, take them on long walks in the mist, write poetry about them. It's unnatural (I think it's even prohibited under some readings of the Bible), but don't get between a Mac-user and their machine.

I like VersionTracker because you can find all sorts of titles there rather than being limited to what's sold in stores. There's alot of great freeware out there as well, particularly for OS X.

I should have also suggested that you post at comp.sys.mac.apps. Just leave out the bit about being disappointed in your friend's choice of OS :)

You probably can mainly because Windows is the OS more widely served software-wise. However, if cost isn't a big factor, I still recommend going with a new Mac as they're shipping with both OS X and XP installed. The switch to Intel chips made that possible and there's a beta app that handles the boot-up and selection of OS.

This is really a great advancement and would probably please your friend as the hardware is Mac and it has Mac's OS installed but the ability to also be a Windows machine. If she goes for it then I'd probably stay away from an iMac. I don't like that they're all-in-one because if the monitor goes then you're shipping the computer off as well.

Tara --

Thanks. Do you think the readers of comp.sys.mac.apps will know my true feelings?

Larry

Good advice ... thanks.

Larry

Agreed. I'm sure her psychology practice has different requirements than other healthcare practices.

Well, I can neither knit nor write poetry, so I guess my laptop's sanctity is safe.

Larry