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 18, 2021 | Medical Billing News
This is the one question I get asked more often than all the others. 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. Circumstances...
by Pete Crutchley | Apr 13, 2021 | Medical Billing News
Working for consultant surgeons is fun. However, since one particular private medical insurance company decided to outsource their help desk or their “advisors” late last year, there has been a marked reduction in their level of customer service from it....
by Pete Crutchley | Jan 20, 2020 | Medical Billing News
Recently, I was talking to one of my clients. She was unhappy with the fees she was getting from insurance companies. Sadly she was also unhappy about how often she got paid too. Therefore she wanted me to contact all insurance companies and do something about it. Not...
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 23, 2019 | Medical Billing News
I argue with medical insurance companies all the time. Let me, however, be very specific about when and why I argue with them. I argue with them when I think they are wrong or when I think they have made a mistake. Real-Life Example A real example will illustrate why...