by Pete Crutchley | Jul 29, 2021 | Medical Billing News
It takes an amazing amount of determination and resilience to become a consultant surgeon. Years of study, sacrifice and long, long nights. Finally you make it. Then one day decide to start a private practice i.e. a business. The issue however is that such...
by Pete Crutchley | Jul 28, 2021 | Medical Billing News
I love it when a mistake happens or when something goes wrong. It means I get the chance to look at what went wrong and more importantly WHY it went wrong. That means I can stop the same mistake happening again and therefore I get better. For example: I was sent a...
by Pete Crutchley | May 26, 2021 | Medical Billing News
MHM recently completed a project for a group of consultant surgeons. The project was to investigate why they were not getting paid. One insurance company was proving to be particularly troublesome. An analysis of a month’s invoices soon identified why. This...
by Pete Crutchley | May 26, 2021 | Medical Billing News
Consider when the patient has contacted his/her insurance company and been issued with a pre-authorisation number. This does not mean, the insurance company will accept your charge. This happened to an MHM client – a gynaecologist – a few days ago. We...
by Pete Crutchley | May 25, 2021 | Medical Billing News
Ever thought what is the most often quoted reason for non-payment by a self funding patient? The same reason is quoted over and over again. It is not ‘I haven’t got the money” nor is it “I didn’t realise it was so much”, not even “The invoice must have got lost in the...
