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Copayment Collection Fast Course

Published on Sat Jun 01, 2002

You can improve your copayment and deductible collection rates without hounding patients by having office staff:
verify patients' insurance coverage when scheduling appointments talk to patients before their appointments about their financial responsibility for copayments, deductibles and noncovered services give patients an up-front estimate of what they will owe ask for payment of copayments and deductibles when the patient registers for their appointment offer flexible payment options, like credit cards or extended payment plans. $ $ $  
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