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re: Would you pay for a missed doctor's appointment?
Posted on 6/16/15 at 12:00 pm to Will Cover
Posted on 6/16/15 at 12:00 pm to Will Cover
I would tell them to go frick themselves
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Posted on 6/16/15 at 12:03 pm to yellowfin
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I would tell them to go frick themselves
But then they might quit taking your appointments. What would you do then, Mr Badass?
Posted on 6/16/15 at 12:04 pm to LSU-MNCBABY
Can't believe it took someone this long to post that lol
Posted on 6/16/15 at 12:05 pm to Will Cover
Most clinics give you one free pass on this now. And that's when they tell you the correct time.
This post was edited on 6/16/15 at 12:06 pm
Posted on 6/16/15 at 1:00 pm to LCA131
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But then they might quit taking your appointments. What would you do then, Mr Badass?
find another dr
Posted on 6/16/15 at 1:09 pm to Goldrush25
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Just reading the title I said yes. Read the circumstances and said no, she shouldn't pay.
It's not really a missed appointment. She made the appointment that was made for her.
Posted on 6/16/15 at 1:12 pm to Will Cover
I would send a bill if they made me wait 2 hours
Posted on 6/16/15 at 1:22 pm to LCA131
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But then they might quit taking your appointments. What would you do then, Mr Badass?
Uh, find a new doc? Sounds like they aren't even attached to this place so I'd kindly tell them to GFY and explain that their "fee" has just cost them thousands of dollars of business from you.
Posted on 6/16/15 at 1:22 pm to Will Cover
Now that just ain't right. Hell no don't pay!
Posted on 6/16/15 at 1:24 pm to Will Cover
The dr's office should install an automated system to call and remind patients of appt times.
My wife's dr does this and it is great.
My wife's dr does this and it is great.
Posted on 6/16/15 at 1:30 pm to GetCocky11
Shocked that everyone is focused on the missed appointment issue and not the fact that her long relationship provider left and they transferred her to a PA with no notice. I work in the medical profession and this is a no-go in my book. Everything else aside, ALL pending appointments should have been contacted when that provider left the practice.
frick them on that aspect alone.
frick them on that aspect alone.
Posted on 6/16/15 at 1:33 pm to Will Cover
So you're wife is nuts and goes to a psychiatrist you say???? 
Posted on 6/16/15 at 1:35 pm to Will Cover
I'd pay if they would pay for making me sit in the waiting room an hour past my appointment time, or spending two hours at the facility to see the doctor for 5 minutes.
Posted on 6/16/15 at 1:37 pm to Will Cover
quote:Under the circumstances outlined in your OP, hell no.
Would you pay for a missed doctor's appointment?
Posted on 6/16/15 at 1:39 pm to Will Cover
Would not pay. Remind them of all the times they gave you an appointment and you waited an hour or more for the Doc to show up. It should be more than a wash.
Posted on 6/16/15 at 1:39 pm to GetCocky11
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The dr's office should install an automated system to call and remind patients of appt times.
Speaking from experience...No show rates are higher with automated systems than with a real human being making a call. That's what my practice does. However, we also find it counterproductive to charge people for not showing up. It basically just pisses them off, as evidenced by this thread.
Posted on 6/16/15 at 1:40 pm to tduecen
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I would send a bill if they made me wait 2 hours
I hear people say this a lot, but have you ever actually done this? And has a doc actually paid it?
Posted on 6/16/15 at 1:43 pm to medtiger
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I hear people say this a lot, but have you ever actually done this? And has a doc actually paid it?
I wouldn't think anyone has ever done it or if they have the dr just trashes it. Same thing Will Cover should do with this one
Posted on 6/16/15 at 1:46 pm to yellowfin
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I wouldn't think anyone has ever done it or if they have the dr just trashes it. Same thing Will Cover should do with this one
The difference is that he or his wife probably signed something agreeing to this charge when she first became a patient, and the doctor's office could potentially send it to collections if unpaid.
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