Don’t manage your time and you won’t manage your money either
Recently I helped a medical secretary understand the noble art of medical invoicing. Having your medical secretary handling medical invoicing isn't something I'd recommend though for a number of...
DNA Patients & Cancelled Appointments
This is a topic that comes up frequently when I meet Private Consultant Surgeons. Indeed, the point was touched upon last year in a blog regarding asking self-funding patients to pay in advance....
Don’t you like money or something?
Take, for example, a patient who requires an injection which may be performed at a consultation. Thus you raise an invoice for, as an example, £185 [£90 for the consultation and £95 for the...
The Insurance Company Is NOT Responsible
A question, which was asked recently at a private practice seminar MHM were presenting at. Interestingly the question was asked by a consultant surgeon who had started his/her private practice two...
Tell Me How Much It Is Please?
Flip the question on its head. WOULD YOU BUY SOMETHING WITHOUT KNOWING HOW MUCH IT COST? Would you pass over your debit card details without knowing how much is going to be charged to it? 99.9% of...
Find Out EXACTLY why you haven’t been paid!
Sometimes it can be confusing why an invoice is declined for payment. The patient arrived for her consultation. She brought her pre-authorisation number too. An invoice for her consultation and the...
Who Decides How Much You Get Paid?
Who really sets your fees? Most consultants, and certainly when they first start a private practice consider how best they can set their fees. In reality, however, it is not the consultant who sets...
Slight Change of Plan During the Operation
This issue has come up a few times over the years. Consider if, during the initial consultation, you advise your patient surgery is required. The patient is therefore given a CCSD code equating to...
It’s much different working in the private sector
One of the most common remarks I hear from my guys is the number of patients they see in the NHS. They literally have patients queuing up to see them. Such a comment is normally followed by the...
Do you know where you are?
All MHM clients are very dedicated individuals. Having spent approximately 15 years of training and finally becoming medical professionals, they go on to work incredibly long hours. They do so...
Why some get paid faster than others.
There are only 24 hours in a day. All of my guys are incredibly busy. I'm amazed at the volume of work they get through in a single day. They are either on-call, doing a ward round or in theatre....
The Insurance Company Race to the Bottom
In response to this morning's blog about “gap” invoices being increasingly used to mitigate fee reduction(s) imposed on consultant surgeons, many emailed me and disagreed. It is of no surprise the...