by Pete Crutchley | Nov 8, 2017 | Medical Billing News
A normal item when I get asked to review a consultant’s invoicing process is the potential for weakness in the area of records on his/her part. Carrier bags & Cardboard Boxes Sometimes, I’m presented with a carrier bag full of invoices, remittances, and receipts....
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 7, 2017 | Medical Billing News
What on earth is that? Inappropriate billing is literally getting it completely wrong! A couple of recent examples where consultants have tried to base their fees on the best rate available. Take the consultant who realises that insurance company Num 1 pay £300 for a...
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 6, 2017 | Medical Billing News
A question asked at the recent presentation. Insurance companies use medical coding to identify and detail a medical procedure. For example: if you are an Orthopaedic surgeon you will understand precisely what a Multiple arthroscopic operation on knee (including...
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 3, 2017 | Medical Billing News
Failure to get paid is not an accident. There is always a reason why you aren’t getting paid. And the number one reason is that no invoice has been sent. Take, for example, the consultant surgeon I was working with recently. The issue as he saw it was that his...
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 2, 2017 | Medical Billing News
To successfully perform medical invoicing or medical billing there has to be a degree of focus on the task itself. In fact, there has to be a total concentration on that which you are trying to achieve. Getting paid for your work The outcome is always the same....
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 1, 2017 | Medical Billing News
A consultant surgeon sometimes does not understand how valuable his time is. All MHM clients are incredibly busy. I’m amazed at the volume of work they get through in a single day. They are either on-call, doing a ward round or in theatre. Then they have to see...
