by Pete Crutchley | Nov 14, 2016 | Medical Billing News
An MHM client had this problem recently and this is what I advised. In by far the majority of cases, your patient will obtain authorisation for an initial consultation. But sometimes, the patient arrives for the consultation and hasn’t obtained a pre-authorisation...
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 7, 2016 | Medical Billing News
This comes up more often than you would think. The patient fully completes the registration form but when you invoice either you can’t actually raise an invoice or after you have done so the invoice is rejected. In both cases the stated reason is that the...
by Pete Crutchley | Oct 27, 2016 | Medical Billing News
A group of surgeons I know are having problems getting paid by insurance companies. Not just an individual insurance company but all insurance companies. More specifically or so the surgeon’s practice manager claimed, there were many invoices unpaid by insurance...
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 | Aug 19, 2016 | Medical Billing News
Numerous times when I’ve sent an invoice for an excess or a shortfall, the patient telephones and quotes the pre-authorisation to me claiming their insurance company will settle the account. In other words, the patient claims the pre-authorisation number is a...
