by Pete Crutchley | Nov 1, 2016 | Medical Billing News
It is depressing the number of times I hear potential clients rubbishing 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 pay for...
by Pete Crutchley | Oct 31, 2016 | Medical Billing News
Another question from a recent MHM presentation. Insurance companies use medical coding to identify and detail a medical procedure. For example: if you are an Orthopaedic surgeon you will understand precisely what a Multiple arthroscopic operation on knee...
by Pete Crutchley | Oct 28, 2016 | Medical Billing News
The reality is, the question itself is incorrectly asked! In the case of a private medical insurance company, a consultant surgeon or other medical professional doesn’t set his/her own fees. Instead the fees payable are designated by the private medical insurance...
by Pete Crutchley | Oct 27, 2016 | Medical Billing News
A group of surgeons I know are having problems getting paid by insurance companies. Not just an individual insurance company but all insurance companies. More specifically or so the surgeon’s practice manager claimed, there were many invoices unpaid by insurance...
by Pete Crutchley | Oct 26, 2016 | Medical Billing News
Sometimes it can be confusing why an invoice is declined for payment. The patient arrived for her consultation. She brought her pre-authorisation number too. An invoice for her consultation and the investigatory procedure was raised. Invoice declined. We...
