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Yes my priorities. To be able to pay the salaries for my 25 office staff composed of hard working women, single moms, 2 of them are grandparents, etc. A business owner only has to take out a loan once to meet payroll before he realized how big of a deal this is, but employees never do. They just assume there is a never-ending flow of money from nowhere. I get paid last.
Don't lie, doc. I know you collected that $45 co-pay for a filling, pocketed it, and used it to pay for your shiny new boat!
Actually of all the specialities in medicine, dentistry probably has the largest overhead, which is why you won't see dental clinics or offices in hospitals. Some hospitals may have an oral surgery dept but not have a general dentist on staff. Most hospitals I have been to do not have a dental dept simply because the overhead is too high. And remember, medical doctors get like 2-3 hours of lecture in medical school when it comes to the oral cavity. Some ER doctors know how to give a dental injection or maybe incise or drain an infection but they are so busy with other emergencies they couldn't be bothered.
There are dental clinics dedicated to urgent dental care [quote][url] http://grossurgentdentistinbrooklyn.com //QUOTE][/url]. If you dont have any finances to cover the emergency treatment, apply for emergency Medicaid. Low or no income patients are eligible in New York and New Jersey.
If you have insurance, you will be required to pay your copays.Clinics must collect copays since non collection results in fines from insurance companies (crazy, I know).
Read about how a "doctor can not waive copays" here [url=http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/medical-economics/news/modernmedicine/modern-medicine-now/waiving-copays-puts-you-risk-fraud?page=full]Waiving copays puts you at risk for fraud | Medical Economics[/url]
You are responsible to pay insurance copays if you have a dental emergency.
Insurance companies will view it as fraud if doctors waive copays. Dont blame the doctors, blame the system we chose and live in.
[quote=Samahdujk;41445216]There are dental clinics dedicated to urgent dental care
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http://grossurgentdentistinbrooklyn.com //QUOTE]. If you dont have any finances to cover the emergency treatment, apply for emergency Medicaid. Low or no income patients are eligible in New York and New Jersey. If you have insurance, you will be required to pay your copays.Clinics must collect copays since non collection results in fines from insurance companies (crazy, I know).
It's not crazy, it's what you agree to when you sign up for any insurance. The patient always has to pay something to have skin in the game. Otherwise this leads to over-utilization of services. The patient is already getting a huge discount with insurance and it's selfish to expect even more discounts.
Here I have yet to see a dental chair in an ER hospital. ER's are not equipped to do dental work, they'll give you some aspirin and then refer you to a dentist.
It's like a motorcycle going into a Ferrari dealer for mechanical work, both are vehicles but each place is not qualified or equipped to do the others work.
I was seen years ago for a sudden eye problem and was taken to a special room for eye emergencies. The chair in there could substitute for a dental chair, in my opinion.
I was seen years ago for a sudden eye problem and was taken to a special room for eye emergencies. The chair in there could substitute for a dental chair, in my opinion.
Yeah but the chair does no good if they cannot find a dentist to come in and work for free. Only deadbeats show up at a hospital for dental care, because they could not afford it on the outside. If it was profitable, somebody would already be doing it.
There are dental clinics dedicated to urgent dental care
It's not crazy, it's what you agree to when you sign up for any insurance. The patient always has to pay something to have skin in the game. Otherwise this leads to over-utilization of services. The patient is already getting a huge discount with insurance and it's selfish to expect even more discounts.
It's SELFISH to want more discounts. I'm not going to pay your insurance for you.
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