by Pete Crutchley | Oct 26, 2016 | Medical Billing News
Sometimes it can be confusing why an invoice is declined for payment. The patient arrived for her consultation. She brought her pre-authorisation number too. An invoice for her consultation and the investigatory procedure was raised. Invoice declined. We...
by Pete Crutchley | Oct 25, 2016 | Medical Billing News
This issue has come up a few times over the years. Consider if, during the initial consultation, you advise your patient surgery is required. The patient is therefore given a CCSD code equating to the surgical episode to quote to his or her insurance company....
by Pete Crutchley | Sep 7, 2016 | 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 | Sep 2, 2016 | Medical Billing News
Failure to get paid is not an accident. Something has always caused it. 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 cash flow seemed to be...
by Pete Crutchley | Sep 1, 2016 | Medical Billing News
Many times I come across a consultant who is having problems getting paid by self-funding patients. This is often followed by a reference to numerous reminders and sometimes even final demands being sent in vain to the patient. Despite all this, no payment has...
by Pete Crutchley | Aug 19, 2016 | Medical Billing News
Numerous times when I’ve sent an invoice for an excess or a shortfall, the patient telephones and quotes the pre-authorisation to me claiming their insurance company will settle the account. In other words, the patient claims the pre-authorisation number is a...
