Don’t be ashamed to ask for help
It takes an amazing amount of determination and resilience to become a consultant surgeon. Years of study, sacrifice and long, long nights. Finally you make it. Then one day decide to start a...
You want to get paid more? RAISE YOUR STANDARDS!
One of the most often asked questions is "how as a private consultant surgeon can I improve or increase my cash flow". The answer, as regards medical invoicing, is very simple to answer: RAISE YOUR...
When Time Allows
What a truly awful expression! It was said to me recently by a medical secretary who was struggling to get all her invoicing done. Her belief was that she had only many hours in the day and it was...
You want to get paid more? RAISE YOUR STANDARDS!
One of the most often asked questions is "how as a private consultant surgeon can I improve or increase my cash flow". The answer, as regards medical invoicing, is very simple to answer: RAISE YOUR...
Do it once and do it right
When I begin to raise invoices for a new MHM client, for example, I'll check I have the right provider number. I'll check all the online systems and EDI protocol are 100% accurate. Is the...
Not Enough Hours In The Day To Get Paid
What a truly awful expression! It was said to me recently by a medical secretary who was struggling to get all her invoicing done. Her belief was that she had only many hours in the day and it was...
Paralysis by Analysis
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...
Don’t be ashamed to ask for help
It takes an amazing amount of determination and resilience to become a consultant surgeon. Years of study, sacrifice and long, long nights. Finally you make it. Then one day decide to start a...
Poor girl didn’t even realise she was making a mistake
I love it when a mistake happens or when something goes wrong. It means I get the chance to look at what went wrong and more importantly WHY it went wrong. That means I can stop the same mistake...
The Patient Paid Cash On The Way Out
It’s great when a patient pays cash - on the way out he or she produces a roll of £10 notes and pays in full. It happened just before Christmas last year to an MHM client. Couple of items to...
You want to get paid more? RAISE YOUR STANDARDS!
One of the most often asked questions is "how as a private consultant surgeon can I improve or increase my cash flow". The answer, as regards medical invoicing, is very simple to answer: RAISE YOUR...
We only do our invoicing on a Friday.
There a few things I hear that automatically set alarm bells ringing when I look at the invoicing and billing process of a business. "I've been meaning to look at that" "I'll get round to it in a...