by Pete Crutchley | Jul 27, 2016 | Medical Billing News
In response to my recent blog about “gap” invoices being increasingly used to mitigate fee reduction(s) imposed on consultant surgeons, many emailed me and disagreed. It is of no surprise the vast majority who disagreed work for insurance companies. Insurance...
by Pete Crutchley | Jul 20, 2016 | Medical Billing News
Top up (or GAP) invoices – asking the patient to agree to pay the difference between a consultant’s fee and the fee an insurance company is prepared to pay. The discussion concerning them seems to take place more in whispers than anything else. And...
by Pete Crutchley | Jul 13, 2016 | Medical Billing News
Reading Matthew Syed’s latest work reminded me of something I’m conscious of when I look at the business performance of the private medical practice. Meaningful patterns. One definition could be the ability to look at a situation and almost...
by Pete Crutchley | Jun 24, 2016 | Medical Billing News
It wasn’t so long ago I went on record as saying sending a self funding patient an invoice by email was a waste of time. I still stand by that. Empirical evidence from January 2015 to April 2015 confirmed it was much better to send a paper invoice to a...
by Pete Crutchley | Jun 23, 2016 | Medical Billing News
Get the details right! I’m very much a “do it once and do it right” type of person. As I write this I’m on hold to a particular insurance company and have been for thirteen minutes and 23 seconds. The reason I need to speak to the...
by Pete Crutchley | Jun 22, 2016 | Medical Billing News
There a few things I hear that automatically set alarm bells ringing when I look at the invoicing and billing process of a business. “I’ll take a look at it next week” “I’ll get round to it in a bit” “I’ve been meaning...
