by Pete Crutchley | Jun 25, 2014 | Medical Billing News
Who really sets your fees? Most consultants, and certainly when they first start a private practice consider how best they can set their fees. In reality, however, it is not the consultant who sets his or her own fees. It is the patient’s insurance company. Fee...
by Pete Crutchley | Jun 23, 2014 | Medical Billing News
There are certain items that are mandatory when you call a patient’s insurance company. Such requirements are dictated by the Data Protection Act and, put simply, it’s highly unlikely without the right information you can make an enquiry regarding a patient. The...
by Pete Crutchley | Jun 17, 2014 | Medical Billing News
The normal item when I get asked to review a consultant’s invoicing process is the potential for weakness in the area of records on his/her part. The filing system Sometimes, I’m presented with a carrier bag full of invoices, remittances, and receipts. My favourite...
by Pete Crutchley | May 30, 2014 | Medical Billing News
The Difference This issue came up during a meeting with a consultant surgeon recently regarding the relationship between benefits and fees. More specifically how fees are accounted for against a benefits package and the possible creation of a shortfall. Consider the...
by Pete Crutchley | May 2, 2014 | Medical Billing News
This easy. Spent some time yesterday looking at the invoicing of a consultant surgeon. I noticed that the invoices for initial consultations going out to one particular insurance company were being charged at exactly the same fee as for follow-up consultations i.e....
by Pete Crutchley | Apr 28, 2014 | Medical Billing News
What on earth is that? A couple of examples recently where consultants who have tried to base their fees on the best rate available. Take the consultant who realises that PMI company Num 1 pay £300 for a procedure whereas PMI company 2 pay £400. He decrees he will...
