by Pete Crutchley | Aug 6, 2021 | Medical Billing News
A Scottish colleague called me last week. A case of “can I pick your brains for two minutes?” What’s the problem? I’m always happy to take such calls for many times I have called others with precisely the same request. My colleague was confused...
by Pete Crutchley | Aug 5, 2021 | Medical Billing News
At a on-line medical conference recently a friend of mine was discussing the future of the private practice industry and what lay ahead. My colleague shared the view that the “younger” newly appointed consultant is more adaptable to the direction of change...
by Pete Crutchley | Aug 5, 2021 | Medical Billing News
One of the major areas MHM is approached about is excess and shortfalls. In July 2021, empirical evidence indicated 26% of all claims to private medical insurance companies are subject to an excess/shortfall. This is not to imply the insurance companies are to blame....
by Pete Crutchley | Aug 4, 2021 | Medical Billing News
This is a topic that comes up frequently when I meet Private Consultant Surgeons. Indeed, the point was mentioned 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...
by Pete Crutchley | Aug 4, 2021 | Medical Billing News
Most consultants when they first start a private practice, consider how best they can set their fees. In reality, it is not the consultant who sets his or her own fees. It is the patient’s insurance company. Consideration of fee setting should be viewed from two...
