by Pete Crutchley | Apr 21, 2015 | Medical Billing News
A well established ENT surgeon called MHM recently most upset her fees had not been paid in full and an excess deduction made even though pre-authorisation had been obtained. The patient had contacted their insurance provider, cited the correct treatment codes and...
by Pete Crutchley | Mar 31, 2015 | Medical Billing News
Take for example, a patient who requires an injection which may be performed by a private orthopaedic surgeon at an outpatient consultation. Thus you raise an invoice for, as an example, £185 [£90 for the consultation and £95 for the injection] Please be...
by Pete Crutchley | Mar 24, 2015 | 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 | Nov 4, 2014 | Medical Billing News
Take this ONE client as an example. Out of 15 consultations 4 (four) came back with excess / shortfall deductions totalling £575 in one week. So for a total of £2,500 worth of revenue from outpatient consultations £575 or 23% came back short. Looking back to the same...
by Pete Crutchley | Sep 30, 2014 | Medical Billing News
The argument if a private patient should be allowed at an NHS location is not the debate here. For one thing, the debate would require a substantially longer blog article than space will allow! This blog instead seeks to answer the patient’s question of “ Can I be...