What’s next for fees? Are you starting with the right question?
A shortened version of a recent conversation with a well established private consultant surgeon. Very recently one of the major PMI players announced a further reduction in payable...
EDI – it’s the future????
Earlier this week, a prospective client [an ENT consultant] called MHM and advised he had been forced to stop producing paper invoices. In future he was required to submit all...
How many have made this mistake without realising it?
One colleague of a current MHM client called me and said he wanted to charge more for his services. First item on the agenda was to check what is being charged now. I offered to construct an MHM fee...
Outsourcing – what has been your experience? What are you looking for?
MHM sort of cheats when we say we are an outsourced medical biller. We don't share premises with our consultant surgeons nor are we next door to the hospital. Neither do we speak to them every...
Where do you find a CCSD code?
If you find yourself stuck for a specific CCSD code, there is only one place to start in reality - www.ccsd.org.uk The CLINICAL CODING & SCHEDULE DEVELOPMENT GROUP [CCSD] first appeared in 1997...
Less haste and 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 loosing £50 every couple of days without knowing it?
A Scottish colleague called me last week. A case of "can I pick your brains for two minutes?" What's the problem? I'm always happy to take such calls for many times I have called others with...
HOW MANY OF YOU ARE ACTUALLY A 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...
SOCIAL MEDIA – A DANGEROUS PLACE FOR THE PRIVATE SURGEON 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...
THE ART OF EXCESS AND SHORTFALLS
One of the major areas MHM is approached about is excess and shortfalls. As at May 2015, empirical evidence indicated 26% of all claims to private medical insurance companies are subject to...
HOW TO UPLIFT A FEE?
This particular blog is NOT concerned with the general question of an uplift of all fees. Nor does it relate to the question of if fees (outpatient or surgical) are high enough...
MY ON LINE INVOICES ARE NOT BEING ACCEPTED. HOW COME?
A question we were asked very recently. One in fact we are asked frequently! There are a few very simple reasons why on-line invoices are not being accepted - the details being submitted are...