by Pete Crutchley | Dec 13, 2022 | Medical Billing News
What do I look for? Precisely where the Practice is now. When? The very first day It seems the most obvious place to start. It is. But numerous times a practice doesn’t really know what is happening in terms of invoicing and billing. That, if...
by Pete Crutchley | Dec 10, 2022 | Medical Billing News
I love it when a mistake happens or when something goes wrong. It means I get the chance to look at what went wrong and more importantly WHY it went wrong. That means I can stop the same mistake happening again and therefore I get better. For example: I was sent a...
by Pete Crutchley | Dec 9, 2022 | Medical Billing News
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 is the patient’s insurance company. Consideration of fee setting should be viewed from two...
by Pete Crutchley | Dec 8, 2022 | Medical Billing News
At a on-line 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 consultant is more adaptable to the direction of change...
by Pete Crutchley | Jun 20, 2022 | Medical Billing News
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 marked reduction in their level of customer service from it....
by Pete Crutchley | Feb 9, 2022 | Medical Billing News
Most MHM clients have reported issues with self-funders when we get involved. It is also the source of many calls made to MHM. With the self-funding market increasing, it is important to understand the reasons self-funders can be a problem. But what, based on...
