Is AppealHound or Protego Health better for a billing company?

For a billing company, AppealHound. You are a billing company, and your clients run different systems. The 835 is the one file they all produce. Some of your clients are small. Protego says it currently works with groups of at least 7 billing providers. You want to know the price of each appeal before you start.

What is the difference between AppealHound and Protego Health?

Protego Health checks claims before submission and drafts payer-specific appeals from a browser extension inside a web-based EHR, for groups with at least 7 billing providers. AppealHound does only the denial appeal, from the 835 file, for billing companies that work many practices, at a public price per appeal.

When does Protego Health fit better?

You want to catch denials before the claim goes out, not only appeal them afterwards. Your team works in one web-based EHR all day, such as athenaOne, eCW, ModMed or AdvancedMD. You want an outside team to take over your AR. Protego offers a white-glove service with its own staff.

AppealHound vs Protego Health: which is better for billing companies?

Verdict for billing companies: AppealHound.

You are a billing company, and your clients run different systems. The 835 is the one file they all produce.
Some of your clients are small. Protego says it currently works with groups of at least 7 billing providers.
You want to know the price of each appeal before you start.

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Side by side

	AppealHound	Protego Health (Guardian)
Score for billing companies	4 of 4	1½ of 4 how we score
Built for	Third-party billing companies and RCM firms, and the specialty groups they bill for	Physician practices and their RCM teams. "At present, we are working with groups that have at least 7 billing providers." protegohealth.ai
Price	$8 per appeal for the first 1,000 a month, $6 from 1,001 to 5,000, $4 above 5,000. No seat licences, no minimum, no platform fee. Practices: $300 per location per month, billed yearly.	Not public. Demo only. protegohealth.ai
Setup	None required. Upload the 835 file.	"Guardian integrates with most major web-based EHRs without disrupting your current workflow." Names athenaOne, eCW, ModMed and AdvancedMD. protegohealth.ai
Letters	Yes. Every citation links to the CMS policy; a draft that cites anything else is rejected. A person at the billing company approves every letter, and cases over $5,000 go to a manager.	Yes. "Guardian generates policy-backed appeals using the exact language and documentation each payer requires." protegohealth.ai
Try it	Free denial review from 4 aggregate columns. First 5 billing firms: 250 appeals free in 60 days.	None listed. Demo only. Also offers "a white-glove service for clients that want to offload their AR using our in-house experts". protegohealth.ai

The main differences

Scope. Protego covers denial prevention before submission and appeals after. AppealHound covers the appeal after the denial.
Setup. Protego runs as an extension inside a web-based EHR. AppealHound needs the 835 file, whatever system the client runs.
Price. Protego does not publish one. AppealHound is $8 an appeal, falling to $6 and $4 at volume.

When Protego Health fits better

You want to catch denials before the claim goes out, not only appeal them afterwards.
Your team works in one web-based EHR all day, such as athenaOne, eCW, ModMed or AdvancedMD.
You want an outside team to take over your AR. Protego offers a white-glove service with its own staff.

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AppealHound vs Protego Health

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The main differences

When Protego Health fits better

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