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Should patient deductibles be a profit center?

December 10th, 2009

by Anne Zieger

Right now, if a patient has a large deductible plan--particularly those tipping the scales at $5,000 or more--your odds of collecting that money aren't great.

Realistically, those who buy high-deductible plans are largely those who don't have much money in the first place, and they're not likely to have thousands to give you on the spot.

What's worse, as any revenue cycle manager reading this knows, once they walk out the door the odds of collecting get smaller by the day. At that point you're lucky to get a portion of what you charged.

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