by Pete Crutchley | Apr 18, 2016 | Medical Billing News
Recently a friend of mine called asking for a favour. I’ve known this guy years. We started our respective businesses around the same time. He has now reached the point where he needs to relocate his staff to a new building. As his business continues to expand,...
by Pete Crutchley | Apr 15, 2016 | Medical Billing News
This is a topic that comes up frequently when I meet Private Consultant Surgeons for the first time. Indeed, the point was touched upon last year in a blog regarding asking self-funding patients to pay in advance. Self-funding patients represent the major risk...
by Pete Crutchley | Apr 14, 2016 | Medical Billing News
What follows is absolutely real and why medical invoicing can be more troublesome than it need be. One of my guys ran an outpatient clinic last Thursday The clinic list arrived with me on the following Monday. There were 8 patients: 3 initials and 5 follow-ups....
by Pete Crutchley | Apr 13, 2016 | Medical Billing News
An MHM client has this problem currently. Pre-Authorisation In the majority of cases, her patient obtains authorisation for a consultation. But sometimes, a patient arrives and hasn’t done so. First question: should she see the patient? Yes, because patient...
by Pete Crutchley | Apr 7, 2016 | Medical Billing News
One of the most common remarks I hear from my guys is the number of patients they see in the NHS. They literally have patients queuing up to see them. Such a comment is normally followed by the opposite when discussing a consultant surgeon’s private...