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Did Not Attend – what can you do?

This is a topic that comes up frequently when I meet Private Consultant Surgeons. Indeed, the point was touched upon earlier this year regarding asking self-funding patients to pay in advance. Self-funding patients represent the major risk of non-payment for the...

Communication Breakdown – the killer

One of the most fatal ways to restrict the growth and profitability of a private medical practice or indeed any business is a failure to communicate. The domino effect of poor communication can be fatal. Over the years I’ve enjoyed excellent relationships with...

Should self-funders pay in advance?

A little over a year ago, a group of surgeons based in the southwest of England contacted MHM. In an effort to reduce a large number of issues with outstanding self-funding debtors, they had decided to ask new self-funding patients to pay for their initial...

Self funders – why they don’t pay

Most MHM clients have reported issues with self-funders when we get involved. It is also the source of many calls made to MHM. With the self-funding market increasing, it is important to understand the reasons self-funders can be a problem. But what, based on...

Show me the money

Anybody ever watched the movie “Jerry Maguire” and the immortal quote – show me the money! Clearly a guy I recently bumped into at a medical conference hadn’t. He was the Practice Manager for a large hospital group. His complaint was the lack of cash from insurance...