Is AppealHound or Crosby Health better for a billing company?

For a billing company, AppealHound. You are a billing company and need the work split by client and by payer. You want to know the cost of each appeal before you start, including the small ones. You want every letter to cite a policy you can open, and nothing filed until your own person approves it.

What is the difference between AppealHound and Crosby Health?

Crosby Health generates, submits and tracks clinical appeals for hospitals and specialty practices, and says no balance is too small. AppealHound drafts the appeal from the 835 file for billing companies that work many practices, at a public price per appeal, and your people approve every letter.

When does Crosby Health fit better?

Your denials are mostly clinical, such as medical necessity on inpatient stays, and you want a vendor focused on that argument. You want the appeal submitted and tracked for you end to end.

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

Verdict for billing companies: AppealHound.

You are a billing company and need the work split by client and by payer.
You want to know the cost of each appeal before you start, including the small ones.
You want every letter to cite a policy you can open, and nothing filed until your own person approves it.

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Side by side

	AppealHound	Crosby Health
Score for billing companies	4 of 4	1 of 4 how we score
Built for	Third-party billing companies and RCM firms, and the specialty groups they bill for	Hospitals and health systems, and specialty practices: "Crosby Health works with speciality practices to automate clinical denials." crosbyhealth.com
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. crosbyhealth.com
Setup	None required. Upload the 835 file.	Not stated on the pages we read. crosbyhealth.com
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. "Appeal every denial with AI. No balance is too small." crosbyhealth.com
Try it	Free denial review from 4 aggregate columns. First 5 billing firms: 250 appeals free in 60 days.	None listed. Demo only. crosbyhealth.com

The main differences

Buyer. Crosby names hospitals, health systems and specialty practices. AppealHound names third-party billing companies and RCM firms.
Price. Crosby does not publish one. AppealHound is $8 an appeal, falling to $6 and $4 at volume.
Filing. Crosby submits the appeal for you. In AppealHound a person at the billing company approves every letter first, and cases over $5,000 go to a manager.

When Crosby Health fits better

Your denials are mostly clinical, such as medical necessity on inpatient stays, and you want a vendor focused on that argument.
You want the appeal submitted and tracked for you end to end.

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AppealHound vs Crosby Health

Side by side

The main differences

When Crosby Health fits better

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