We have excellent relationships with insurers and provide a free fee consultation and ongoing recommendations for codes and fee schedules to ensure that your fees are in line with the current market.
Our team have over 50 years’ expertise collectively in medical billing practice and debt collection enabling them to deliver an excellent customer experience by providing personalised, appropriate, convenient and proactive customer service to each client.
We deliver faster payment collection rates through our use of technology and by maximising codes and fee schedules which allows us to maintain the level of debt from payments at less than 0.5%
Using a medical billing company offers several practical advantages, especially for healthcare practices that want to focus on patient care rather than administrative work.
Patient Billing is privately owned by Richard Shawyer, our founder.
We have a dedicated collections team supported by multiple technology-driven processes to ensure efficient payment recovery.
Payments are made directly into your bank account.
Payments from insurers will be made directly to you when they are remitted by the relevant payer. Any payments collected by Patient Billing via card or cheques are paid once a week on a Friday.
We require minimum datasets and fee schedules from you in order to produce the invoices. This will be discussed at point of onboarding.
We have a standard template which includes Patient Billing branding. We are happy to dual brand your invoices. Please discuss this with your Service Delivery Manager.
We recommend including a dedicated section in your CMA letter and on your website about Patient Billing to help avoid any confusion. We’d be happy to guide you through this process.
Making the switch to Patient Billing is easier than you might think! Our dedicated onboarding team handles the entire transition process for you, so you don’t have to worry about a thing. From migrating your existing data to getting your account fully set up, we take care of all the heavy lifting, ensuring a smooth, stress-free move with minimal disruption to your practice.
We charge a set up fee initially which is a one-off payment. Ongoing we charge a fee which is a percentage of your invoice. Our fees are only payable once payment for an invoice has been received.
Our fee includes the cost of card payments and cheque processing.
We remit all funds in full to you and invoice you once a month. Payment is strictly by direct debit.
Patient Billing does not cover Healthcode fees and is contractually prohibited from doing so. Under Healthcode’s terms and conditions, no billing company or bureau is permitted to include these fees. You can review the full terms and conditions here.
We provide secure, easy, instant access 24/7 to the live status of your account via our app and online portal which have been designed specifically for our business.
Yes, we have both an iOS and Android app available from the relevant mobile stores for free.
Healthcode is the UK’s official medical bill clearing company for private healthcare. They currently process c £3bn of medical invoices annually for virtually every privately insured patient in the UK.
patientzone is a sub-processor for Patient Billing used to collect online registrations and payments.
the quiet power behind private healthcare finance.
the quiet power behind private healthcare finance.
Unit 9 KD Tower
Cotterells
Hemel Hempstead
HP1 1FW
+44 020 7118 6222
info@patientbilling.co.uk
Office hours
Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5:30pm
excluding bank holidays