by Pete Crutchley | Aug 4, 2021 | Medical Billing News
Most consultants when they first start a private practice, consider how best they can set their fees. In reality, it is not the consultant who sets his or her own fees. It is the patient’s insurance company. Consideration of fee setting should be viewed from two...
by Pete Crutchley | Aug 3, 2021 | 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 aware for...
by Pete Crutchley | Aug 3, 2021 | Medical Billing News
MHM recently completed a project for a group of private surgeons with the instruction being to find out why they weren’t getting paid. One insurance company was particularly troublesome but an analysis of a month’s invoices soon identified why. This particular...
by Pete Crutchley | Aug 2, 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 | Aug 2, 2021 | Medical Billing News
Many times I come across a consultant who is frustrated by self-funding patients not paying. This is often followed by a reference to numerous reminders and sometimes even final demands being sent in vain to the patient. Despite all this, no payment has been received...