by Pete Crutchley | Jul 20, 2017 | Medical Billing News
There are only 24 hours in a day. All of my guys are incredibly busy. I’m amazed at the volume of work they get through in a single day. They are either on-call, doing a ward round or in theatre. Then they have to see their private patients. That explains...
by Pete Crutchley | Apr 24, 2017 | Medical Billing News
Undercharging or not charging the right fee is much more common than you may think. Consider the two real examples below. THE ENT SURGEON Surgeon A is an ENT consultant surgeon. He performs an E1910 on two different patients and bills both patient’s...
by Pete Crutchley | Dec 2, 2016 | Medical Billing News
I’m a freelancer. I provide an outsourced service for my clients. I run my business to generate an income for me. Notice all three of those sentences started with the word “I”? But when I (sic) go and see a potential new client or even...
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...
by Pete Crutchley | Apr 26, 2016 | Medical Billing News
I’ve been asked to re-published the following which first appeared last year. 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...
