by Pete Crutchley | Apr 17, 2019 | Medical Billing News
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 episode. Having said that it is possible on occasion to request an uplift in fee...
by Pete Crutchley | Apr 10, 2019 | Medical Billing News
Every time I give a presentation to consultants wishing to start a private practice it’s pretty much guaranteed, I’ll get asked about having a website. In particular, I’ll be asked – do I need one? Do you? Short answer: YES!! Ah! – Comes the response from...
by Pete Crutchley | Jun 23, 2015 | Medical Billing News
Following a recent blog regarding websites for the private surgeon, I was asked my view of social media eg Twitter or Facebook. Whilst I’m solid in my view a private surgeon should have a website, social media may not be the right place for a private...
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 27, 2014 | Medical Billing News
A question, which was asked recently at a private practice seminar MHM were presenting at. Interestingly the question was asked by a consultant surgeon who had started his/her private practice two years earlier. He was of the opinion that such excess was the...
by Pete Crutchley | Jun 25, 2014 | Medical Billing News
Who really sets your fees? Most consultants, and certainly when they first start a private practice consider how best they can set their fees. In reality, however, it is not the consultant who sets his or her own fees. It is the patient’s insurance company. Fee...
