by Pete Crutchley | Nov 7, 2019 | Medical Billing News
One of the major areas MHM is approached about is excess and shortfalls. In October 2019, empirical evidence indicated 26% of all claims to private medical insurance companies are subject to an excess/shortfall. This is not to imply the insurance companies are to...
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 6, 2019 | Medical Billing News
Some consultant surgeons aren’t fully familiar with the fees paid by different medical insurance companies for the same surgical episode. They actually undercharge without even realising it. Any of this could be applicable regardless of the specialty. For example:...
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 5, 2019 | Medical Billing News
MHM recently completed a project for a hospital. The project was to investigate why the hospital was not getting paid. One insurance company was proving to be particularly troublesome. An analysis of a month’s invoices soon identified why. This particular insurance...
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 4, 2019 | 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 | Nov 4, 2019 | Medical Billing News
Recently my stepdaughter received confirmation from her GP additional tests were required for an issue that had arisen. Both she and her Mum were somewhat disturbed that the waiting time for the test would be over 2 months. As my stepdaughter had private medical cover...
by Pete Crutchley | Oct 31, 2019 | Medical Billing News
My website designer friend related a really interesting tale to me this week. He designs websites for all sorts of businesses including consultant surgeons but was confused. He’d checked the traffic to all his client’s websites and the numbers were good. Curiously...
