by Pete Crutchley MHM | May 23, 2023 | 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 MHM | May 16, 2023 | Medical Billing News
When I begin to raise invoices for a new MHM client, for example, I’ll check I have the right provider number. I’ll check all the online systems and EDI protocol are 100% accurate. Is the consultant’s address correct?. I’ll check the...
by Pete Crutchley MHM | May 15, 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...
by Pete Crutchley | May 9, 2023 | Medical Billing News
This is a topic that comes up frequently when I meet Private Consultant Surgeons. Indeed, the point was touched upon 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 | 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...
