It’s good to talk really.
Many times I come across a consultant who is having problems getting paid by self funding patients. This is often followed by reference to numerous reminders and sometimes even final demands...
What’s a Health Cash Plan?
What is a health cash plan? Every so often I take a phone call from a self funding patient. The patient requires a receipt for their payment. The patient can then re-claim the amount paid from...
Manage your time correctly please
Sometimes even a consultant surgeon does not understand how valuable his time is. All of my guys are incredibly busy. I'm amazed at the volume of work they get through in a single day. They...
Charging for an inpatient consultation
I was at a medical conference recently and one of the speakers - a well established consultant surgeon and an incredibly safe pair of hands - stated during his presentation that a private...
A Private Practice is a Business
Recently I was reading an article in a business management magazine highlighting some of the challenges faced by small business owners when they start their business. But it could have easily...
Know what is covered under a patient’s insurance policy
It is dangerous for a private insured patient to assume his/her insurance covers everything. Very often it does not. Private medical insurance may be said to be designed for short-term injuries or...
It is important for any private healthcare professional to make sure invoices are raised.
When I look at the invoicing process of a medical practice, a few things I hear that automatically set alarm bells ringing. "It can wait until next week" "I'll get round to it in a bit" " Look at...
Why do you raise an invoice for a private consultant surgeon anyway?
A private medical consultant raises an invoice for one reason and only one reason. Getting paid the most he or she can at the earliest possible date is the aim. Such a simple aim but it is...
Consultation fees have been reduced
Two different MHM clients - both consultant surgeons - have been advised by a specific insurance company that the fees for their initial and follow up consultations are being reduced They are...
Times change and so do insurance companies
It is depressing the number of times I hear potential clients criticising insurance companies. In my experience the reasons normally cited are incorrect. Far from it. I've lost track how...
Newly Recognised but forgot to confirm fees!!
When discussing medical invoicing many private medical professionals say to me "I want more of a consultation than that" It is one of the statements I hear more frequently than others. The...
Common Mistakes in Medical Invoicing
One of the most common mistakes made by a private consultant surgeon when invoicing is undercharging for their work. This is alarming when considered against the question most asked by a...