by Pete Crutchley | Feb 23, 2018 | Medical Billing News
I trained a medical secretary in the noble art of medical invoicing recently. Having your medical secretary handling medical invoicing isn’t something I’d recommend though for a number of reasons. First and foremost, over the years medical invoicing or...
by Pete Crutchley | Feb 22, 2018 | Medical Billing News
Every so often I take a phone call from a self-funding patient. The patient requires a receipt for their payment. The patient can then re-claim the amount paid from their health cash plan provider. For example, a patient visits a private surgeon and pays for their...
by Pete Crutchley | Feb 21, 2018 | Medical Billing News
It is depressing the number of times I hear consultant surgeons complaining about insurance companies. In my experience the reasons normally cited are incorrect. Far from it. I’ve lost track how often I’ve been told an insurance company won’t...
by Pete Crutchley | Feb 20, 2018 | Medical Billing News
In the world of medical billing, the most efficient way of doing something is to do it right the first time. What happens if you don’t? You don’t get paid. MHM recently completed a project for a private hospital. The project was to investigate why...
by Pete Crutchley | Feb 19, 2018 | Medical Billing News
I’ve been asked this question quite a few times over the years. In by far the majority of cases, your patient should obtain pre-authorisation prior to the initial consultation. But sometimes, the patient arrives and hasn’t obtained a pre-authorisation. First...
