by Pete Crutchley | Oct 25, 2016 | Medical Billing News
This issue has come up a few times over the years. Consider if, during the initial consultation, you advise your patient surgery is required. The patient is therefore given a CCSD code equating to the surgical episode to quote to his or her insurance company....
by Pete Crutchley | Apr 26, 2016 | 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 | Apr 20, 2016 | Medical Billing News
I was at a medical conference recently and one of the speakers – a well established consultant surgeon and an incredibly safe pair of hands – stated during his presentation that a private surgeon could not charge for inpatient care. He may well be a safe...
by Pete Crutchley | Apr 6, 2016 | Medical Billing News
Many MHM clients have asked what I think the future holds for their fees? A number of private insurance companies have reduced fees for consultations and for surgical episodes over the last few months and years. One insurance company, for example,...
by Pete Crutchley | Feb 3, 2016 | 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....
