by Pete Crutchley | Sep 4, 2015 | Medical Billing News
A shortened version of a recent conversation with a well established private consultant surgeon. Very recently one of the major PMI players announced a further reduction in payable fees. Definitely applicable to newly recognised consultants in January...
by Pete Crutchley | Sep 3, 2015 | Medical Billing News
Earlier this week, a prospective client [an ENT consultant] called MHM and advised he had been forced to stop producing paper invoices. In future he was required to submit all claims to insurance companies electronically. Thus he wished to know...
by Pete Crutchley | Sep 2, 2015 | Medical Billing News
One colleague of a current MHM client called me and said he wanted to charge more for his services. First item on the agenda was to check what is being charged now. I offered to construct an MHM fee checker for him, amongst the items for consideration was CCSD codes...
by Pete Crutchley | Sep 1, 2015 | Medical Billing News
MHM sort of cheats when we say we are an outsourced medical biller. We don’t share premises with our consultant surgeons nor are we next door to the hospital. Neither do we speak to them every single morning when they walk through the door. We are –...
by Pete Crutchley | Jul 7, 2015 | Medical Billing News
If you find yourself stuck for a specific CCSD code, there is only one place to start in reality – www.ccsd.org.uk The CLINICAL CODING & SCHEDULE DEVELOPMENT GROUP [CCSD] first appeared in 1997 following the appointment of a healthcare management consultancy...
by Pete Crutchley | Jul 2, 2015 | Medical Billing News
I’m a really, really impatient person. I like everything done yesterday. Which is why I go incredibly slowly to start with. Do it once and do it right When I begin to raise invoices for a consultant surgeon, for example, I’ll check I have the right...