by Pete Crutchley | Aug 3, 2021 | 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, £185 [£90 for the consultation and £95 for the injection]. Please be aware for...
by Pete Crutchley | Aug 3, 2021 | Medical Billing News
MHM recently completed a project for a group of private surgeons with the instruction being to find out why they weren’t getting paid. One insurance company was particularly troublesome but an analysis of a month’s invoices soon identified why. This particular...
by Pete Crutchley | Aug 2, 2021 | 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 gynaecologist – a few days ago. We...
by Pete Crutchley | Aug 2, 2021 | Medical Billing News
Many times I come across a consultant who is frustrated by self-funding patients not paying. This is often followed by a reference to numerous reminders and sometimes even final demands being sent in vain to the patient. Despite all this, no payment has been received...
by Pete Crutchley | Aug 1, 2021 | Medical Billing News
You can’t! Pay attention This is a good example of not paying sufficient attention to the clinic list. It almost cost the consultant £50. The patient was marked down as a follow-up so an invoice for £100 was required for the patient’s insurance company. Wrong!...
