by Pete Crutchley | Dec 8, 2019 | Medical Billing News
The single biggest restriction on the performance of any private medical practice is: TIME. Sound surprising? It shouldn’t be. There are only 24 hours in a day. Even Stephen Hawking (one of my heroes) can’t alter that. If there are only 24 hours a...
by Pete Crutchley | Dec 8, 2019 | Medical Billing News
Following last week’s article regarding how you should always keep good relations with a private medical insurance company, it is worth pointing out that this does NOT mean you have to agree with them. The following incident, for example, happened this week. An...
by Pete Crutchley | Dec 7, 2019 | Medical Billing News
I have three major assumptions when someone knocks on my office door Murderer The authorities have come to arrest me The book on positive thinking I ordered has arrived. What on earth has that got to do with medical invoicing I hear you ask? Everything. Maybe...
by Pete Crutchley | Dec 7, 2019 | Medical Billing News
It is depressing the number of times I hear potential clients criticising insurance companies. In my experience the reasons normally cited are incorrect. Far from it. I’ve lost track of how often I’ve been told an insurance company won’t pay for...
by Pete Crutchley | Dec 6, 2019 | Medical Billing News
A few weeks ago, I was checking what was happening with shortfalls and excess since the start of the year. Using a single private consultant surgeon as an example: Week ending Friday, October 25th, 2019: out of 15 consultations 4 came back with excess/shortfall...
