Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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No insurance is the choice you have made. How are you going to get around the fact that most doctors will not take cash only. My guess is they are not equipped to handle cash with their office staff and billing software. And unless collected at time of service have a good chance of getting stiffed. Now they have both large malpractice insurance plus attorney fees / collection agency fees. Most docs want to be just that docs. Billing is a headache. That is why many docs limit the kind of insurance they will accept. It is a huge burden to their staff coding, getting approvals, etc from the policies plus add on the out of state and government policies = nightmare. Either looks like your going to have to get on the phone and randomly call docs here and see if you can strike a deal or stay wherever it is you live now. If the docs office says they are not willing to accept cash ask them why they accept payment from co pays immediately prior to service. Tell them you are willing in essence to do the same thing accept give you the entire bill. |
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i was in a somewhat similar situation when we 1st arrived. i used the urgent care centers. the 1 by colony plaza is prob the best to use due to the helpfulness of the staff. they're pretty flexible, but you will need to pay upfront. good luck!
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Cash isn't the only available method of payment in this country. There are credit cards, debit cards, checks, cashier's checks, certified checks, money orders...
Most doctors are affiliated with at least one type of insurance that requires the patient to pay a co-pay. How do you think those co-pays get paid? The patient usually pays with a credit card, cash, debit card, or a check. Seriously you're turning a nothing into an issue. Just tell the doctor's office you'll be paying with a credit card and problem solved. |
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Gigi. There are those who will never understand not having medical insurance as a choice. I think you see that by now. Sometimes walking away is the thing to do.
If you find a good doctor who takes self-pay, will you send me a message. I am not currently looking, but maybe for future reference. Best of luck to you. |
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I'd really like to see a source for that IDIOTIC number. Since healthcare as a whole represents about 17% of our GDP, how could the small billing portion represent 30%????? We did all our billing in-house at a cost of 3.4% of receipts. If you used a relatively expensive outside billing service it would run 7%, so let's use 5% as an average. 5% of 17% is 0.85%, a long way from 30 % I have a hard time believing anyone could read that number and think it was true, so I doubt it passes the "smell" test. In addition, I wouldn't worry about unemployment for these billers when the system is replaced with a huge government bureaucracy, wee all know how efficient those workers are. |
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Our collection rate on insured and Medicare patients was about 96%, on cash patients about 29%. |
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[QUOTE=golfing eagles;1705724]" I've also read that if universal health care went into effect, with all the billers that would be laid off, our GDP would drop 30% and really increase unemployment."
Too late our billing department with 21 people were let go 5 years ago. At first the new company was in US. Now it’s hard to find anyone that understands any medical terms. We had a $18,000 anesthesia bill, for surgery. 6 different people told me it was not covered because it was an office visit. It’s in appeals. Even hospital can’t get them to understand
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