by Pete Crutchley | Nov 10, 2016 | Medical Billing News
This is a topic that comes up frequently when I meet Private Consultant Surgeons. Indeed, the point was touched upon last year in a blog regarding asking self-funding patients to pay in advance. Self-funding patients represent the major risk of non-payment for the...
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 9, 2016 | Medical Billing News
Take, for example, a patient who requires an injection which may be performed at a consultation. Thus you raise an invoice for, as an example, £185 [£90 for the consultation and £95 for the injection] BUT…. Upon receipt of the invoice by the patient’s insurance...
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 9, 2016 | Medical Billing News
A question, which was asked recently at a private practice seminar MHM were presenting at. The patient is responsible. Interestingly the question was asked by a consultant surgeon who had started his/her private practice two years earlier and who was of...
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 8, 2016 | Medical Billing News
Yes? No? Flip the question on its head. WOULD YOU BUY SOMETHING WITHOUT KNOWING HOW MUCH IT COST? Would you pass over your debit card details without knowing how much is going to be charged to it? 99.9% of people would say NO. That’s today’s blog over...
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 7, 2016 | Medical Billing News
This comes up more often than you would think. The patient fully completes the registration form but when you invoice either you can’t actually raise an invoice or after you have done so the invoice is rejected. In both cases the stated reason is that the...
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 4, 2016 | Medical Billing News
One of the most fatal ways to restrict the growth and profitability of a private medical practice or indeed any business is a failure to communicate. The domino effect of poor communication can be fatal. Over the years I’ve enjoyed excellent relationships with...
