Inpatient care and how much you can charge.
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 surgeon...
Whenever the insurance company don’t pay, charge the patient!
A group of surgeons I know is having problems getting paid by insurance companies. Not just an individual insurance company but all insurance companies. More specifically or so the surgeon's...
STOP WASTING MY TIME OR YOU COULD LOOSE OUT?
Recently a friend of mine called asking for a favour. I’ve known this guy years. We started our respective businesses around the same time. He has now reached the point where he needs to...
Cancelled Appointments & Did Not Attend Patients
This is a topic that comes up frequently when I meet Private Consultant Surgeons for the first time. Indeed, the point was touched upon last year in a blog regarding asking self-funding...
How hard can it be to invoice in the real world?
What follows is absolutely real and why medical invoicing can be more troublesome than it need be. One of my guys ran an outpatient clinic last Thursday The clinic list arrived with me on the...
The Patient does not get pre-authorisation
An MHM client has this problem currently. Pre-Authorisation In the majority of cases, her patient obtains authorisation for a consultation. But sometimes, a patient arrives and hasn’t done...
Where do the patients come from? – a different culture
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...
What is next for a Consultant Surgeon’s Fees?
Many MHM clients have asked what I think the future holds for their fees? A number of private insurance companies have reduced fees for consultations and for surgical episodes over the...
The Instant Decision Making Surgeon who caused most of the problems
I've been reading a really interesting book. The book goes into some detail on how decisions are made. What the process is? Which factors are included? Why are some factors excluded? When is a...
Medical Practice: Urgent? Important? Go buy a tomato!
The single biggest restriction on the performance of any private medical practice is: TIME. Sound surprising? It shouldn't be. There are only 24 hours in a day. Even Stephen Hawking (one of...
63% reduction in a fee?
Following last week's article regarding how you should always keep good relations with a private medical insurance company, it is worth pointing out that this does NOT mean you have to...
My Top Three Assumptions when there is a knock on my office door.
My Top Three Assumptions when there is a knock on the office door are: Murderer The authorities have come to arrest me The book on positive thinking I ordered has arrived. What on...