by Pete Crutchley | Apr 29, 2019 | Medical Billing News
Not getting paid doesn’t happen by accident. Something causes it to happen. There is ALWAYS A CAUSE. If you leave invoicing until later (Friday for instance) it is very easy not to invoice at all. It can happen also if, for whatsoever reason, you leave invoicing...
by Pete Crutchley | Apr 28, 2019 | Medical Billing News
Oops. During a coffee break at a conference recently, I was chatting to a surgeon about surgical fees. His view was they were too low and a certain insurance company was, in his view, trying to reduce the number of consultants they recognised by keeping fees low. He...
by Pete Crutchley | Apr 28, 2019 | Medical Billing News
Earlier this year, MHM was engaged to review the billing process of a private hospital. The project was to investigate why private medical insurance companies were not paying. Initial findings One insurance company was proving to be troublesome. An analysis of a...
by Pete Crutchley | Apr 27, 2019 | Medical Billing News
Ever wondered why MHM clients get very regular payments both from Insurance Companies, Private Hospitals and self-funding patients too? It is down to the above discipline – the ritual – both on the part of MHM and on the part of its clients....
by Pete Crutchley | Apr 27, 2019 | Medical Billing News
Many times I’m asked how and why MHM clients achieve their practice aims with apparently so little effort. How do they take the island? Defined Objective MHM does not allow its clients to define their private work as a practice: it is a BUSINESS. Private...
by Pete Crutchley | Apr 26, 2019 | Medical Billing News
This is a topic that comes up frequently when I meet Private Consultant Surgeons. Indeed, the point was touched upon last year in a blog regarding asking self-funding patients to pay in advance. Self-funding patients represent the major risk of non-payment for the...