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Re: GEN: Communication From: ainsron@msn.com Wed Jun 14 17:27:07 2000 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Mark Perloe: "Recurrent ovarian cysts, breast CA and BRC1 BRC2" Previous message: ainsron@msn.com: "Re: R: Hepatitis C" In reply to: Garry E. Siegel: "GEN: Communication" Next in thread: Joanne Bulley, MD: "Re: GEN: Communication" Reply: Joanne Bulley, MD: "Re: GEN: Communication" I've had a number of deaf patients over the years, in fact I saw one on Monday. This particular patient has been with me for about 8 years, through two pregnancies. I've never been asked and never paid for an interpreter. She's always brought her husband, who is also deaf, but communicates between us with sign and is able to speak at a functional level. This week, she brought in her teenage daughter who interpreted. > >When reviewing practice bills, I noticed that we paid for an interpreter >for a deaf patient who "no showed." We're out $150, with no recourse. >Even if she had showed, we're out $150. > >I don't mean to be a creep, or politically incorrect, but. . >1. We get paid less these days for the same service. >2. This is a large expense for an office visit. >3. It stinks just a bit more when it is money literally thrown away >since the patient didn't show. >4. Maybe the patient with the disability should bear some of the >expense/burden of the service needed. > >Please don't flame. . .it is just a bit frustrating to follow the >rules and "do the right thing" sometimes. > >Garry > >-- >Garry E. Siegel, M.D., F.A.C.O.G. >Private Practice >Roswell, GA > -- Ronald E. Ainsworth, MD Next message: Mark Perloe: "Recurrent ovarian cysts, breast CA and BRC1 BRC2" Previous message: ainsron@msn.com: "Re: R: Hepatitis C" In reply to: Garry E. Siegel: "GEN: Communication" Next in thread: Joanne Bulley, MD: "Re: GEN: Communication" Reply: Joanne Bulley, MD: "Re: GEN: Communication"

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