by Pete Crutchley | Nov 20, 2018 | Medical Billing News
There are only 24 hours in a day. All of my guys are incredibly busy. I’m amazed at the volume of work they get through in a single day. They are either on-call, doing a ward round or in theatre. Then they have to see their private patients. That explains why...
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 19, 2018 | Medical Billing News
Cut out the basic mistakes I was literally 70% through billing for a client’s clinic lists from last Friday. Eight separate patients and a mixture of initial and follow up consultations. All was going well until I noticed the details of one of the patients on the...
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 19, 2018 | Medical Billing News
One MHM client provides expert reports for actions that are publicly funded i.e. invoices are passed to the Legal Services Commission. Scenario: Consider there are FOUR parties to an action, all of whom are publicly funded. The first item to establish is how much is...
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 18, 2018 | Medical Billing News
Who really sets my fees? Most consultants, and certainly when they first start a private practice consider how best they can set their fees. In reality, however, it is not the consultant who sets fees. It is the patient’s insurance company in all but one area....
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 18, 2018 | Medical Billing News
There are certain items that are mandatory when you call a patient’s insurance company. Such requirements are dictated by the Data Protection Act and, put simply, it’s highly unlikely without the right information you can make an inquiry regarding a patient....