by Pete Crutchley | Nov 16, 2017 | Medical Billing News
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 the opposite when discussing a private practice. They want to see and need to...
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 15, 2017 | Medical Billing News
It is depressing the number of times I hear potential clients rubbishing insurance companies. In my experience the reasons normally cited are incorrect. Far from it. I’ve lost track how often I’ve been told an insurance company won’t pay for...
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 14, 2017 | Medical Billing News
It actually happened too. Wrong code Consider a CCSD code for a follow up consultation = 20310. Now consider the CCSD code for an ECG = 20110. A consultant surgeon couldn’t understand why he was not getting paid the right values for his follow up consultations i.e....
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 13, 2017 | Medical Billing News
Recently a family member in conjunction with her GP decided an appointment with a private consultant was necessary. As the family member had private medical insurance through her employer, a phone call was made to the consultant suggested by the GP. It turned out...
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 10, 2017 | Medical Billing News
In terms of medical billing, this perhaps is one of the statements I hear from private consultant surgeons more frequently than others. The following example illustrates that despite the rejection of the fee how the fee was established confirms there is little the...
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 9, 2017 | Medical Billing News
The story so far.. I was literally 70% through billing for a client’s clinic he held yesterday. Eight separate patients and a mixture of initial and follow up consultations. All was going well until I noticed the details of one of the patients on the clinic list were...
