You Have NO Choice. You MUST use a CCSD code
What's a CCSD code? A CCSD codes is used by insurance companies to identify a medical procedure. An Orthopaedic surgeon, for example, understands what a Multiple arthroscopic operation on the knee...
How and When To Uplift A Fee
I've been asked to re-published the following which first appeared last year. The first thing to realise about increasing a fee is that you CANNOT increase a fee for all your surgical episodes. Nor...
The Insurance Company WERE wrong!
An MHM client recently performed a certain surgical episode. The surgery was something he'd done many, many times before with invoices being sent and paid. Normal stuff Pretty standard in other...
Cigna: consultation fees updated
Not exactly unexpected to see this today. Cigna have reviewed their consultation fees and reduced them. Initial Consultations: £205 Follow up Consultations: £145 What is interesting is that...
If they 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...
If you want the business, try listening
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 relocate...
Make It Easy For Yourself
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...
No Pre-authorisation
So patient arrives for the consultation without a pre-authorisation. What should the private practice do? Ask the patient to ring their insurance company and obtain the pre-authorisation. But…....
Where Do Patients Come From?
One of the most common remarks I hear from my guys is the number of patients they see in the NHS. Such comments are normally followed by the opposite when discussing a private practice. They want to...
What will 2022 bring for your 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 last few...
The Story of The Knee Jerk Decision making Consultant
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...
Pomodoro – useful in the office AND delicious raw
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...