How do you identify a patient excess?
Many private consultant surgeons do not appreciate remittances sent to them are important. They are not just for tax reasons. They are not just to keep the accountant happy. There is time critical...
Been on hold long?
Working for consultant surgeons is fun. However, since one particular private medical insurance company decided to outsource their help desk or their "advisors" late last year, there has been a...
Are you making it hard to raise an invoice and get paid?
If you get the basics right many problems with getting paid aren't allowed to happen. As a result, accidents aren't allowed to happen. The basics are as follows: Patient’s full name Their full...
Do you check your clinic list?
An MHM client held one of his twice-weekly outpatient clinics recently. Nine patients; so there should be NINE invoices. Except there are only EIGHT? A quick look at the list indicates one of the...
The Simple Way to loose £1,800 every four months
I spent some time yesterday looking at the invoicing of a consultant surgeon. I noticed that the invoices for initial consultations going out to one particular insurance company were being charged...
A Basic Mistake can cost you time. And money!
Basic Mistakes I was literally 70% through billing for a client’s clinic lists from last Friday. Eight separate patients and a mixture of initial and follow up consultations. All was going well...
Less haste. More Speed
I'm a really, really impatient person. I like everything done yesterday. Which is why I go incredibly slowly to start with. Do it once and do it right When I begin to raise invoices for a consultant...
Are you a Private Consultant Surgeon or an Entrepreneur?
At a medical 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...
Social Media – a very dangerous place to be
Following a recent blog regarding websites for the private surgeon, I was asked my view of social media eg Twitter or Facebook. Whilst I'm solid in my view a private surgeon should have a website,...
The art of excess and shortfalls
One of the major areas MHM is approached about is excess and shortfalls. As at March 2019, empirical evidence indicated 26% of all claims to private medical insurance companies are subject to an...
How to uplift a fee (yes it can be done)
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. Having...
Who sets your consultation fees?
Who really sets your fees? Most consultants when they first start a private practice, consider how best they can set their fees. In reality, it is not the consultant who sets his or her own fees. It...