by Pete Crutchley | Feb 2, 2022 | Medical Billing News
An MHM client held one of his twice-weekly outpatient clinics recently. Nine patients; so there should be NINE invoices. Except there are only EIGHT? A quick look at the list indicates one of the patients is designated as inclusive care; no invoice...
by Pete Crutchley | Feb 1, 2022 | Medical Billing News
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 fees. The immediate retort from another very well established MHM client was to pass...
by Pete Crutchley | Jan 31, 2022 | Medical Billing News
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 practice manager claimed, there were many invoices unpaid by insurance...
by Pete Crutchley | Jan 30, 2022 | Medical Billing News
When I begin to raise invoices for a new MHM client, for example, I’ll check I have the right provider number. I’ll check all the online systems and EDI protocol are 100% accurate. Is the consultant’s address correct?. I’ll check the...
by Pete Crutchley | Jan 29, 2022 | Medical Billing News
A 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 precisely the same request. My colleague was confused as to...
by Pete Crutchley | Jan 28, 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...
