by Pete Crutchley | Mar 5, 2018 | Medical Billing News
Two different MHM clients – both consultant surgeons – have been advised by a specific insurance company that the fees for their initial and follow up consultations are being reduced. They are not amused, to say the least. But what can they do about...
by Pete Crutchley | Dec 6, 2017 | Medical Billing News
Many private consultant surgeons do not appreciate remittances sent to them by the patient’s private medical insurance company are important. They are not just for tax reasons. They are not just to keep the accountant happy. There is time critical reason too....
by Pete Crutchley | Aug 2, 2017 | Medical Billing News
I’m often asked who is actually responsible for paying an excess or a shortfall. The patient is responsible. Interestingly the question was asked recently by a consultant surgeon who had started his/her private practice two years earlier. He was of the...
by Pete Crutchley | Jul 25, 2017 | Medical Billing News
This specific issue comes up frequently when MHM is asked to review the outstanding accounts of a private consultant surgeon. There are two reasons normally why the patient believes they have already paid and more specifically the hospital has already taken...
by Pete Crutchley | Nov 2, 2016 | Medical Billing News
I always check what is happening with shortfalls and excess for they are a major area of risk to a private medical consultant. Using a single private consultant surgeon as an example: Taking a single consultant and looking at her work for a single week...