by Pete Crutchley | Jun 11, 2019 | Medical Billing News
Using your home address for correspondence when you are a private medical practitioner is not a good idea! It is a very bad idea in fact. For example a couple of months ago – actually it was Mothering Sunday to make matters worse – a private medical...
by Pete Crutchley | Jun 11, 2019 | Medical Billing News
Every so often I take a phone call from a self-funding patient or an insured patient who requires a receipt for their payment. They need a receipt so they can claim the money back from their health cash plan provider. For example, patient visits a physiotherapist,...
by Pete Crutchley | Jun 10, 2019 | Medical Billing News
There is always a reason why you aren’t getting paid. And the number one reason is that no invoice has been sent. Take, for example, the consultant surgeon I was working with recently. The issue as he saw it was that his cash flow seemed to be totally uneven and...
by Pete Crutchley | Jun 10, 2019 | Medical Billing News
One of the most often asked questions is “how as a private consultant surgeon can I improve or increase my cash flow”. The answer, as regards medical invoicing, is very simple to answer: RAISE YOUR STANDARDS But what does that mean in reality? It means...
by Pete Crutchley | Jun 9, 2019 | Medical Billing News
Many times I come across a consultant who is having problems getting paid by self-funding patients. This is often followed by a reference to numerous reminders and sometimes even final demands being sent in vain to the patient. Despite all this, no payment has been...