by Pete Crutchley | Oct 22, 2015 | Medical Billing News
For the second day running I’ve been proved right. That is sad. But not for the reasons you may think. I was at a medical conference recently and one of the speakers – a well established consultant surgeon and an incredibly safe pair of hands...
by Pete Crutchley | Oct 20, 2015 | Medical Billing News
It was the classic environment where chaos reigned supreme. There was a serious amount of money outstanding. It didn’t take long to work out why. The problem was the practice principal. He insisted everything had to be done immediately. And therein lay...
by Pete Crutchley | Oct 19, 2015 | Medical Billing News
I left school more years ago than I care to remember. Then as now I make sure I do my homework though. The only difference is now I do it for private medical consultants some of whom are thinking about starting a private practice. All of you have done your fair...
by Pete Crutchley | Oct 16, 2015 | Medical Billing News
Not getting paid doesn’t happen by accident. Something causes it to happen. There is ALWAYS A CAUSE. If you leave invoicing until later (Friday for instance) it is very easy not to invoice at all. It can happen also if, for whatsoever...
by Pete Crutchley | Oct 15, 2015 | Medical Billing News
Oops. During a coffee break at a conference one day last week, I was chatting to a surgeon about surgical fees. His view was they were too low and a certain insurance company were, in his view, trying to reduce the number of consultants they recognised by...