by Pete Crutchley | Sep 27, 2019 | Medical Billing News
Basic Mistakes I was literally 70% through billing for a client’s clinic lists from last Friday. Eight separate patients and a mixture of initial and follow up consultations. All was going well until I noticed the details of one of the patients on the clinic list were...
by Pete Crutchley | Sep 27, 2019 | Medical Billing News
Most consultants when they first start a private practice, consider how best they can set their fees. In reality, it is not the consultant who sets his or her own fees. It is the patient’s insurance company. Consideration of fee setting should be viewed from two...
by Pete Crutchley | Sep 26, 2019 | Medical Billing News
There are certain items that are mandatory when you invoice 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 inquiry regarding a patient....
by Pete Crutchley | Sep 26, 2019 | 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 Yet again I’ve been presented with a carrier bag full of remittances. My favourite though remains...
by Pete Crutchley | Sep 25, 2019 | Medical Billing News
The Difference This issue came up recently with a consultant surgeon. How are benefits and fees accounted for against a patient’s package? Benefits Consider the total benefits payable under a patient’s policy. For example, the benefits payable is £100. It could...
by Pete Crutchley | Sep 25, 2019 | Medical Billing News
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. £125 each....
