by Pete Crutchley | May 4, 2023 | Medical Billing News
Why are you in business? Many times, consultant surgeons have approached MHM because they, as consultant surgeons, don’t like asking patients for the money. And from a certain point of view, this is exactly how it should be. New MHM clients don’t, however, remain MHM...
by Pete Crutchley | May 4, 2023 | 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...
by Pete Crutchley | May 2, 2023 | Medical Billing News
Take, for example, a patient who requires an injection which may be performed by a private orthopaedic surgeon at an outpatient consultation. Thus you raise an invoice for, as an example, £195 [£100 for the consultation and £95 for the injection]....
by Pete Crutchley | Apr 27, 2023 | Medical Billing News
MHM recently completed a project for a hospital. The project was to investigate why the hospital was not getting paid. One insurance company was proving to be particularly troublesome. An analysis of a month’s invoices soon identified why. This particular insurance...
by Pete Crutchley | Apr 25, 2023 | Medical Billing News
One of my major bugbears with medical practice is the ability to answer the phone. Sounds simple. It is! Yet many practices do not answer the phone. Instead, the call goes to an answering machine and then one of two things happen. The call is never returned. The...
