Surgical Practice Administration
Setting up referral and theatre booking systems
Referral intake and theatre-list coordination when starting or changing a surgical practice.
Insights
Practice Administration and Billing Insights for Specialists
Practical guidance on practice administration and billing for medical specialists. The topics below are planned; articles are not yet published.
Planned topics
Surgical Practice Administration
What payer approval involves in surgical billing
Obtaining payer approval as instructed by the doctor, alongside account preparation and claims.
Surgical Practice Administration
Preparing your practice instructions
Recording booking preferences, billing instructions and the information your administration team needs.
Physician Practice Administration
Organising referral flow in a consultation practice
Referrals, appointments, correspondence and physician-directed follow-up in a consultation-only practice.
Physician Practice Administration
Coordinating consultations and procedures under one arrangement
Consultation administration, physician-directed procedure bookings and continuing care.
Anaesthetic Billing
How anaesthetic accounts are prepared
Service records, account preparation, doctor approval and claims submission.
Anaesthetic Billing
Leaving a group and starting independent billing
Practice setup, billing instructions and account administration when moving from a group to independent work.
Anaesthetic Billing
Financial consent and patient fee communication explained
Estimated anaesthetic fees and informed financial consent administration.
Surgical Assistant Billing
How surgical assistant accounts get approved
Account preparation is followed by the assistant's separate review and approval before submission.
Surgical Assistant Billing
Billing considerations across different career stages
Billing for doctors in training, career surgical assistants and GPs who also assist.
ICU Group Billing and Distribution
How pooled receipts become member distributions
Reconciliation connects provider specific billing, pooled receipts and group directed distributions.
ICU Group Billing and Distribution
What group chairs should expect from monthly reporting
The monthly reporting arrangement agreed with an ICU group and its chair.
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