by Pete Crutchley | Jun 17, 2016 | Medical Billing News
He wrote the 9th Symphony. One of the most acclaimed pieces of music in the world was written by a deaf man! How? Actually, Beethoven wasn’t deaf when he wrote the 9th but he was profoundly hard of hearing. Nonetheless, how on earth did he manage to write...
by Pete Crutchley | Jun 15, 2016 | Medical Billing News
Like many problems faced by a medical practice or any other business, an answer to a problem can often be hidden in plain sight. This was the case when I undertook a management consultancy towards the end of last year. It concerned a Midlands based medical...
by Pete Crutchley | Jun 7, 2016 | Medical Billing News
What’s a CCSD code? A CCSD codes is used by insurance companies to identify a medical procedure. An Orthopaedic surgeon, for example, understands what a Multiple arthroscopic operation on the knee (including meniscectomy, chondroplasty, drilling or...
by Pete Crutchley | Jun 6, 2016 | Medical Billing News
It never ceases to amaze me the number of occasions where a new client claims he has been having issues getting paid by an insurance company only for me to discover why within minutes. Because the invoice was never raised. Yet it really is incredibly easy to...
by Pete Crutchley | Apr 26, 2016 | Medical Billing News
I’ve been asked to re-published the following which first appeared last year. The first thing to realise about increasing a fee is that you CANNOT increase a fee for all your surgical episodes. Nor can you increase a fee every time you perform a surgical...
by Pete Crutchley | Apr 22, 2016 | Medical Billing News
An MHM client recently performed a certain surgical episode. The surgery was something he’d done many, many times before with invoices being sent and paid. Normal stuff Pretty standard in other words. One particular insurance company paid £300 for the...
