...but someone who's on a limited income or disability and probably has $40k in medical debt
Quote from: jennifer8055 on March 06, 2014, 02:55:48 PM...but someone who's on a limited income or disability and probably has $40k in medical debt I was speaking hypothetically and in terms of a patient's TOTAL medical debt, not just with our office. Our policy is if a patient has a "bad debt" balance, it must be paid in full before they come back in to be seen or make payment arrangements that the doctor agrees upon. My doctors know about every patient's balance and whether or not they want to turn the patient over to collection. In the end, the doctors review every account that is over 90 days w/no payments from patient for turnover.The reason I asked the question is because around here, patient's are notorious for moving/changing addresses, phone numbers or flat out giving wrong information to a provider's office to avoid getting a bill. The reason we turn it to an agency is they have the capabilities of "skip tracing" and tracking patient's correct information that we as a provider's office don't have the time or resources to do.