by Pete Crutchley | Aug 3, 2021 | Medical Billing News
Take, for example, a patient who requires an injection which may be performed by a private orthopaedic surgeon at an outpatient consultation. Thus you raise an invoice for, as an example, £185 [£90 for the consultation and £95 for the injection]. Please be aware for...
by Pete Crutchley | Aug 3, 2021 | Medical Billing News
MHM recently completed a project for a group of private surgeons with the instruction being to find out why they weren’t getting paid. One insurance company was particularly troublesome but an analysis of a month’s invoices soon identified why. This particular...
by Pete Crutchley | Aug 2, 2021 | Medical Billing News
Consider when the patient has contacted his/her insurance company and been issued with a pre-authorisation number. This does not mean, the insurance company will accept your charge. This happened to an MHM client – a gynaecologist – a few days ago. We...
by Pete Crutchley | Aug 2, 2021 | Medical Billing News
Many times I come across a consultant who is frustrated by self-funding patients not paying. This is often followed by a reference to numerous reminders and sometimes even final demands being sent in vain to the patient. Despite all this, no payment has been received...
by Pete Crutchley | Aug 1, 2021 | Medical Billing News
You can’t! Pay attention This is a good example of not paying sufficient attention to the clinic list. It almost cost the consultant £50. The patient was marked down as a follow-up so an invoice for £100 was required for the patient’s insurance company. Wrong!...
by Pete Crutchley | Aug 1, 2021 | Medical Billing News
Some insurance companies decline to accept invoices that are sent more than six months after the consultation or surgical episode. Fair enough, they should have been invoiced. BUT… A statement was received today from a certain insurance company containing an entry...
