by Pete Crutchley | May 30, 2018 | Medical Billing News
The silly season May is the start of the silly season with people on holiday at various times throughout the month, as we all know. Returning from its catch up time! Assume your practice secretary is on leave for the last two weeks of August, therefore, all clinic...
by Pete Crutchley | May 29, 2018 | Medical Billing News
There was a story on the BBC website regarding the safe use of mobile phones when driving. Apparently, there are still those who hold the phone to their ears. There are those who read emails and text too. It’s all to do, or so it’s claimed, with the concept of...
by Pete Crutchley | May 29, 2018 | Medical Billing News
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 clinic list were...
by Pete Crutchley | May 28, 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 | May 28, 2018 | Medical Billing News
Who really sets your 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 his or her own fees. It is the patient’s insurance company in all but...