by Pete Crutchley | Nov 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
A Consultant Surgeon performs code AB1234 worth £525. At the same time, he performs a DC2468 worth £576. The patient is insured so an invoice has to be submitted for payment. Therefore you have to calculate the fee payable by the insurance company. Easy. The...
by Pete Crutchley | Jan 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
I hear this quite often. Normally from prospective clients who call and want their fees reviewed. They claim they have a colleague who gets £250 from BUPA or £350 from AXA. But they have only been offered £136 from BUPA and £175 from AXA. Specialism The first question...
by Pete Crutchley | Dec 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
One of the most common remarks I hear from my guys is the number of patients they see in the NHS. They literally have patients queuing up to see them. Such a comment is normally followed by the opposite when discussing a consultant surgeon’s private...
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
A little over a year ago, a group of surgeons based in the southwest of England contacted MHM. In an effort to reduce a large number of issues with outstanding self-funding debtors, they had decided to ask new self-funding patients to pay for their initial...
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
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 episode. Circumstances Having said that it is possible on occasion to request an uplift in...
