by Pete Crutchley | Apr 20, 2016 | Medical Billing News
I was at a medical conference recently and one of the speakers – a well established consultant surgeon and an incredibly safe pair of hands – stated during his presentation that a private surgeon could not charge for inpatient care. He may well be a safe...
by Pete Crutchley | Apr 19, 2016 | Medical Billing News
A group of surgeons I know is having problems getting paid by insurance companies. Not just an individual insurance company but all insurance companies. More specifically or so the surgeon’s practice manager claimed, there were many invoices unpaid by insurance...
by Pete Crutchley | Apr 18, 2016 | Medical Billing News
Recently a friend of mine called asking for a favour. I’ve known this guy years. We started our respective businesses around the same time. He has now reached the point where he needs to relocate his staff to a new building. As his business continues to expand,...
by Pete Crutchley | Apr 15, 2016 | Medical Billing News
This is a topic that comes up frequently when I meet Private Consultant Surgeons for the first time. 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...
by Pete Crutchley | Apr 14, 2016 | Medical Billing News
What follows is absolutely real and why medical invoicing can be more troublesome than it need be. One of my guys ran an outpatient clinic last Thursday The clinic list arrived with me on the following Monday. There were 8 patients: 3 initials and 5 follow-ups....
by Pete Crutchley | Apr 13, 2016 | Medical Billing News
An MHM client has this problem currently. Pre-Authorisation In the majority of cases, her patient obtains authorisation for a consultation. But sometimes, a patient arrives and hasn’t done so. First question: should she see the patient? Yes, because patient...
