by Pete Crutchley | Nov 30, 2021 | Medical Billing News
Not exactly unexpected to see this today. Cigna have reviewed their consultation fees and reduced them. Initial Consultations: £205 Follow up Consultations: £145 What is interesting is that virtual consultations will be paid at the same rate. Pretty much in...
by Pete Crutchley | May 14, 2020 | Medical Billing News
Top up (or GAP) invoices = asking the patient to agree to pay the difference between a consultant’s fee and the fee an insurance company is prepared to pay. The discussion concerning them seems to take place more in whispers than anything else. And sometimes...
by Pete Crutchley | May 5, 2020 | Medical Billing News
I didn’t say I was against remote consultations! Following yesterday’s post, I received phone calls and emails claiming clearly I was against remote consultations. But I never said that! What I said was that I don’t think remote consultations...
by Pete Crutchley | Jan 13, 2020 | Medical Billing News
I was at a medical conference recently and one of the speakers – a well-established consultant surgeon and an incredibly safe pair of hands – stated during his presentation that a private surgeon could not charge for inpatient care. He may well be a safe...
by Pete Crutchley | Oct 11, 2019 | Medical Billing News
In terms of medical billing, this perhaps is one of the statements I say to private consultant surgeons more frequently than others. The following example illustrates that despite the rejection of the fee how the fee was established confirms there is little the...