by Pete Crutchley | Apr 20, 2023 | 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...
by Pete Crutchley | Jan 21, 2022 | 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...
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
A little over a year ago, a group of surgeons based in the southwest of England contacted MHM. In an effort to reduce a large number of issues with outstanding self-funding debtors, they had decided to ask new self-funding patients to pay for their initial...
by Pete Crutchley | Sep 26, 2018 | Medical Billing News
Just taking ONE client as an example. Out of 15 consultations, 4 (four) came back with excess/shortfall deductions totaling £575. So for a total of £2,500 worth of revenue from outpatient consultations £575 or 23% came back short. Looking back to the same week...
by Pete Crutchley | Mar 2, 2018 | Medical Billing News
This specific issue comes up frequently when MHM is asked to review the outstanding accounts of a private consultant surgeon. There are two reasons normally why the patient believes the hospital has already taken payment. When the patient is registering at the...