by Pete Crutchley | Dec 27, 2023 | Medical Billing News
I’m a really, really impatient person. I like everything done yesterday. Which is why I go incredibly slowly to start with. Do it once and do it right When I begin to raise invoices for a consultant surgeon, for example, I’ll check I have the right...
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 9, 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 | Sep 26, 2023 | Medical Billing News
What a truly awful expression! It was said to me recently by a medical secretary who was struggling to get all her invoicing done. Her belief was that she had only many hours in the day and it was difficult to get everything done in those hours. Therefore invoicing...
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 18, 2023 | Medical Billing News
One of the major areas MHM is approached about is excess and shortfalls. In October 2019, empirical evidence indicated 26% of all claims to private medical insurance companies are subject to an excess/shortfall. This is not to imply the insurance companies are to...
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...
