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Re: Article-'Some Doctors Letting Patients Skip Co-Payments From: Jay Kulkin (jkulkin@mindspring.com) Sun Dec 28 14:06:11 2003 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Article-'Some Doctors Letting Patients Skip Co-Payments" Previous message: Ngangom Aboi: "specialist training in usa and uk" Maybe in reply to: GIN11153@aol.com: "Article-'Some Doctors Letting Patients Skip Co-Payments" Next in thread: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Article-'Some Doctors Letting Patients Skip Co-Payments" Bigger message here........patients are starting to go out of network seeking more care? and other things....like time with the doc. Will be interesting to see where this goes. Very interesting that the NYT writes about this especially in view of the recent INC article that was on the list. Jay -- Jay M. Kulkin MD MBA FACOG Women's Institute For Health PC 975 Johnson Ferry Road Suite 460 Atlanta, GA. 30342 ph: 404-832-0300 fax: 404-832-0070 http://www.wifh.com This email may contain confidential or proprietary information which may be legally privileged. If you are not the named recipient, you should immediately delete it from your computer system. >----- Original Message ----- From: "Joanne Bulley, MD" <islesannie@yahoo.com> To: "Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L" <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net> Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 6:45 PM Subject: Re: Article-'Some Doctors Letting Patients Skip Co-Payments > My office has a written policy (that they sign when filling out their > info ang etting the HIPPA paper) that they HAVE to pay the co-pay at > time of service. In addition to it being possible to charge us with > fraud, many insurance companies even have a line that they can cancel > the patient's insurance if they aren't paying the copays. I also charge > a $5 (I think) service fee if they don't pay the copay that day. > > It is amazing how many run back to their car to get their purse or > credit card. > > Before the policy and fee for billing - it was amazing (well ... not > really) how many people came in and said "oh I forgot my purse" ... yeah > right - women don't usually forget their purse when going out! > > They also forget to bring in their insurance card - then are mad when > they get the bill for the visit because we didnt' have the right info! > > Joanne > > At Sat, 27 Dec 2003, GIN11153@aol.com wrote: > > > >Some Doctors Letting Patients Skip Co-Payments > > > >December 27, 2003 > >By MILT FREUDENHEIM > > > > -- > Joanne Bulley, MD > Keene, NH, USA > > ----- > Work to create peace everywhere you go and with everything you do. > ----- > Let us accept truth, even when it surprises us and alters our views. > -George Sand Next message: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Article-'Some Doctors Letting Patients Skip Co-Payments" Previous message: Ngangom Aboi: "specialist training in usa and uk" Maybe in reply to: GIN11153@aol.com: "Article-'Some Doctors Letting Patients Skip Co-Payments" Next in thread: DoctorJoe@aol.com: "Re: Article-'Some Doctors Letting Patients Skip Co-Payments"

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