Re: Rubber checks
From: Lynn D. Montgomery, M.D. (apgar10@montanadsl.net)
Mon Nov 15 09:19:34 2004
EL,
You know I luv ya brother. I always appreciate EVERYTHING you have to
offer. Here if we don't collect a co-payment, we can be removed from the
program...
Lynn
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Lynn D. Montgomery, M.D.
Maternal-Fetal Medicine, OB/GYN
Rocky Mountain Women's Health
2835 Fort Missoula Rd., Suite 304
Missoula, Montana, 59804
406-549-0978
fax 406-549-0987
e-mail: apgar10@montanadsl.net
-----Original Message-----
From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Dr
Eberhard W Lisse
Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 1:40 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
Subject: Re: Rubber checks
Lynn,
what does this have to do with Obstetrics and Gynaecology? Nothing. In any
case, you haven't figured it out, have you, I am ticked off about the ad
hominem against Steve by someone how has no clue.
BTW, I am in private practice too, by the way, and we have a co-payment here
in Namibia. I solve the problem by not asking anz co-payment. Works like a
charm.
el
In message <auto-000005910495@montanadsl.net>, "Lynn D. Montgomery, M.D."
write
s:
> Since my practice wrote off at least $80,000 in bad debt last year, I
> consider it much more than drivel. I know several physicians who
> insisted upon only practicing medicine and refusing to consider the
> business side of practice. A lot of them are no longer practicing -
> one was a carry out boy at a grocery store the last I heard. In the
> United States at least, one can no longer practice medicine without
> practicing business.
>
> Patients paying for their balance of the bill, weeks following their
> visit, with bad checks is a big problem in out practice. That is why
> I asked how many were figuring what the patient responsibility will be
> prior to service and requiring payment (cash or credit card) prior to
> being placed in a room. We try to do this, but with 140 different
> insurance companies, it is very labor intensive to check out every fee
> prior to every visit.
>
> EL, calling the business discussions on this list drivel, would be
> like us calling discussion regarding HIV or TB in pregnancy drivel
> when you address them because we just don't see much of that here.
> Lynn
