by Pete Crutchley | May 26, 2019 | Medical Billing News
Like many problems faced by a medical practice or any other business, an answer to a problem can often be hidden in plain sight. This was the case when I undertook a management consultancy towards the end of last year. It concerned a Midlands based medical practice...
by Pete Crutchley | May 25, 2019 | Medical Billing News
A CCSD code is used by insurance companies to identify a medical procedure. An Orthopaedic surgeon, for example, understands what a Multiple arthroscopic operation on the knee (including meniscectomy, chondroplasty, drilling or microfracture) is. But it’s a lot...
by Pete Crutchley | May 25, 2019 | Medical Billing News
It never ceases to amaze me the number of occasions where a new client claims he has been having issues getting paid by an insurance company only for me to discover why within minutes. Because the invoice was never raised. Yet it really is incredibly easy to make sure...
by Pete Crutchley | May 24, 2019 | Medical Billing News
I’ve been asked to re-published the following which first appeared last year. The first thing to realise about increasing a fee is that you CANNOT increase a fee for all your surgical episodes. Nor can you increase a fee every time you perform a surgical...
by Pete Crutchley | May 24, 2019 | Medical Billing News
An MHM client recently performed a certain surgical episode. The surgery was something he’d done many, many times before with invoices being sent and paid. Normal stuff Pretty standard in other words. One particular insurance company paid £300 for the procedure....
by Pete Crutchley | May 23, 2019 | Medical Billing News
A group of surgeons I know is having problems getting paid by insurance companies. Not just an individual insurance company but all insurance companies. More specifically or so the surgeon’s practice manager claimed, there were many invoices unpaid by insurance...
