by Pete Crutchley | Nov 8, 2019 | Medical Billing News
At a conference recently a friend of mine was discussing the future of the private practice industry and what lay ahead. My colleague shared the view that the “younger” newly appointed consultant is more adaptable to the direction of change in the private...
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 7, 2019 | Medical Billing News
Following a recent blog regarding websites, I was asked my view of social media eg Twitter or Facebook. Whilst in my view a private surgeon should have a website, social media may not be the right place to be unless EXTREME care is exercised. Recipe for Disaster Any...
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 7, 2019 | Medical Billing News
One of the major areas MHM is approached about is excess and shortfalls. In October 2019, empirical evidence indicated 26% of all claims to private medical insurance companies are subject to an excess/shortfall. This is not to imply the insurance companies are to...
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
The first thing to realise about increasing a fee is that you CANNOT increase a fee for all your surgical episodes. Nor can you increase a fee every time you perform a surgical episode. Circumstances Having said that it is possible on occasion to request an uplift in...
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 6, 2019 | Medical Billing News
Some consultant surgeons aren’t fully familiar with the fees paid by different medical insurance companies for the same surgical episode. They actually undercharge without even realising it. Any of this could be applicable regardless of the specialty. For example:...
