by Pete Crutchley | May 14, 2019 | Medical Billing News
I’m used to insurance companies declining to pay a consultation charge for an Orthopaedic Surgeon within 10 days of surgery. The reality is that this does not impact only on Orthopods. I’ve seen it happen with GI Surgeons. And I’ve seen it with ENT...
by Pete Crutchley | May 13, 2019 | Medical Billing News
Flip the question on its head. WOULD YOU BUY SOMETHING WITHOUT KNOWING HOW MUCH IT COST? Would you pass over your debit card details without knowing how much is going to be charged to it? 99.9% of people would say NO. That’s today’s blog over then. Or is...
by Pete Crutchley | May 13, 2019 | Medical Billing News
Keep it quiet but I’m a virtual cheater! First of all, I’m a virtual business. I’m not physically based in my client’s offices. In some cases, I’m hundreds of miles away so I can’t walk down the corridor and tap on a door to speak...
by Pete Crutchley | May 12, 2019 | Medical Billing News
I’m a contractor. I provide an outsourced service for my clients. I run my business to generate an income for me. Notice all three of those sentences started with the word “I”? But when I (sic) go and see a potential new client or even an existing...
by Pete Crutchley | May 12, 2019 | Medical Billing News
We all hear that many times during the day. It’s a pain but sometimes it literally is a case of not being able to provide an answer there and then. In itself that is not a problem. Where it IS a problem is when you don’t get the return phone call. Failure...
by Pete Crutchley | May 11, 2019 | Medical Billing News
There are only 24 hours in a day. All of my guys are incredibly busy. I’m amazed at the volume of work they get through in a single day. They are either on-call, doing a ward round or in theatre. Then they have to see their private patients. That explains why...
