$200 ADMIT FEE --> my plan

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Here is a letter to my colleague about the fee imposed:

I'm not sure the $200 fee per admit will work for me long term.

It seems a bit steep given that the insurance company is also

paying for your services. I happened to mention this with a

national group of primary care docs and they had never

heard of anything like this anywhere else in the country.

They were quite amazed that I was paying this at all. Can

we negotiate this fee? Just checking before I look into other

options.

As you know, the entire premise of my office is low overhead

so I continually look into how to keep costs down so I can pass

on the savings to my patients and continue providing steeply

discounted and charity care.

Thanks for cogitating on this.

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Well, I'll let yall know what happens!

I think what irks me at this point (besides the obvious) is that

I have noncompliant patients who see me very intermittently

at steep cash discounts, then they get admitted and I pay

through the nose (more than they have ever paid me for a

single office visit). Plus, I do not get hospital chart notes

or a call that they were even admitted. Just the $200 bill!!

Pamela