by Pete Crutchley | Jan 25, 2022 | Medical Billing News
Most consultants when they first start a private practice, consider how best they can set their fees. In reality, it is not the consultant who sets his or her own fees. It is the patient’s insurance company. Consideration of fee setting should be viewed from two...
by Pete Crutchley | Jan 24, 2022 | Medical Billing News
Take, for example, a patient who requires an injection which may be performed by a private orthopaedic surgeon at an outpatient consultation. Thus you raise an invoice for, as an example, £195 [£100 for the consultation and £95 for the injection]. Please be...
by Pete Crutchley | Jan 23, 2022 | Medical Billing News
MHM recently completed a group of consultants with a remit to investigate why they were not getting paid. One insurance company was proving to be particularly troublesome. An analysis of a month’s invoices soon identified why for particular insurance company...
by Pete Crutchley | Jan 22, 2022 | Medical Billing News
Consider when the patient has contacted his/her insurance company and been issued with a pre-authorisation number. This does not mean, the insurance company will accept your charge. This happened to an MHM client a few days ago. We spoke to the insurance company...
by Pete Crutchley | Jan 21, 2022 | Medical Billing News
Ever thought what is the most often quoted reason for non-payment by a self funding patient? The same reason is quoted over and over again. It is not ‘I haven’t got the money” nor is it “I didn’t realise it was so much”, not even “The invoice must have got lost in the...
