RE: questions about cash only practice

[Guest guest]

Also ask for:

phone numbers (home, cell, other)

emergency contact

email address

Your kind heart may eventually let someone pay later so also consider asking for:

place of employment

Driver's License

SS #

-----Original Message-----From: [mailto: ]On Behalf Of wenmingtsengSent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 8:48 AMTo: Subject: questions about cash only practice

I am starting a part time cash only practice before the big leap,1. What are the general do's and don'ts of a cash practice?2. Since I am not going to deal with insurances, what basic demographics do I need to keep? meaning, name, dob, address etc.Thanks,Ben Chan

[Guest guest]

I ask for SSN as most insurance plans want it.

Have not tried it w/o it. Sharon or , do your folks get and money back

from their insurance company if they don’t put their SSN on their CMS 1500?

From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of Dr. Sharon

McCoy

Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 1:42 PM

To:

Subject: Re: questions about cash only practice

I ask for an emergency contact also (who doesn't live with

them). Can help if all their phone numbers change and you need to reach

them for some reason. I've stopped asking for social security numbers and

I never did ask for driver's licenses, but then maybe I should.

And I get email if they are willing to communicate that way

(that's what I use the most).

General dos and donts of a cash practice.....wow, that's a

big one. Any specific questions?

Sharon

Sharon McCoy MD

Renaissance Family Medicine

www.SharonMD.com

On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Pratt

wrote:

I would get name, address, phone numbers (home, work, cell), and a

copy of the driver’s license. SS# helps, too, but if you’re taking

payment at the time of service, some patients may not be willing to give you

that info. You want to know where to find you if a check bounces or they

dispute a credit card charge. I’ve never had a charge disputed, but we’ve

had plenty of checks bounce.

Pratt

Office Manager

Oak Tree Internal

Medicine P.C

www.prattmd.info

From:

[mailto: ]

On Behalf Of wenmingtseng

Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 6:48 AM

To:

Subject: questions about cash only practice

I am starting a part time cash only practice before

the big leap,

1. What are the general do's and don'ts of a cash practice?

2. Since I am not going to deal with insurances, what basic demographics do I

need to keep? meaning, name, dob, address etc.

Thanks,

Ben Chan

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[Guest guest]

With bouncing checks, in my county (maybe even state – CO) you

have to have a copy of their drivers license to even consider trying to get the

money from them with the legal system/police.

From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of Pratt

Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 12:16 PM

To:

Subject: RE: questions about cash only practice

I would

get name, address, phone numbers (home, work, cell), and a copy of the driver’s

license. SS# helps, too, but if you’re taking payment at the time of

service, some patients may not be willing to give you that info. You want

to know where to find you if a check bounces or they dispute a credit card

charge. I’ve never had a charge disputed, but we’ve had plenty of checks

bounce.

Pratt

Office Manager

Oak Tree Internal Medicine P.C

www.prattmd.info

From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of wenmingtseng

Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 6:48 AM

To:

Subject: questions about cash only practice

I am starting a part time cash only practice before the big leap,

1. What are the general do's and don'ts of a cash practice?

2. Since I am not going to deal with insurances, what basic demographics do I

need to keep? meaning, name, dob, address etc.

Thanks,

Ben Chan

[Guest guest]

,

I've never put a social security number on any of the electronic billing I submit for patients (except Tricare) and it has never been a problem.

Sharon

 

                I ask for SSN as most insurance plans want it.  Have not tried it w/o it.  Sharon or , do your folks get and money back from their insurance company if they don’t put their SSN on their CMS 1500?

 

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Dr. Sharon McCoy

Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 1:42 PMTo: Subject: Re: questions about cash only practice

 

 

I ask for an emergency contact also (who doesn't live with them).  Can help if all their phone numbers change and you need to reach them for some reason.  I've stopped asking for social security numbers and I never did ask for driver's licenses, but then maybe I should.

And I get email if they are willing to communicate that way (that's what I use the most).

 

General dos and donts of a cash practice.....wow, that's a big one.  Any specific questions?

 

Sharon

Sharon McCoy MDRenaissance Family Medicinewww.SharonMD.com

 

I would get name, address, phone numbers (home, work, cell), and a copy of the driver’s license.  SS# helps, too, but if you’re taking payment at the time of service, some patients may not be willing to give you that info.  You want to know where to find you if a check bounces or they dispute a credit card charge.  I’ve never had a charge disputed, but we’ve had plenty of checks bounce.

 

Pratt

Office Manager

Oak Tree Internal Medicine P.C

www.prattmd.info

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of wenmingtseng

Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 6:48 AMTo: Subject: questions about cash only practice

 

 

I am starting a part time cash only practice before the big leap,

1. What are the general do's and don'ts of a cash practice?2. Since I am not going to deal with insurances, what basic demographics do I need to keep? meaning, name, dob, address etc.

Thanks,Ben Chan

--

-- Sharon McCoy MDRenaissance Family Medicinewww.SharonMD.com

[Guest guest]

Don't forget medicare needing a SS since that is the #. Otherwise I don't put them on, I keep them, if I have them, since some insurers can find a patient this way, if the card number is wrong

From: [ ] On Behalf Of Dr. Sharon McCoy [docsharon@...]

Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 3:56 PM

To:

Subject: Re: questions about cash only practice

,

I've never put a social security number on any of the electronic billing I submit for patients (except Tricare) and it has never been a problem.

Sharon

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Eads

<michelle.eadsworldnet (DOT) att.net> wrote:

I ask for SSN as most insurance plans want it. Have not tried it w/o it. Sharon or , do your folks get and money back from their insurance company if they don’t put their

SSN on their CMS 1500?

From:

[mailto: ]

On Behalf Of Dr. Sharon McCoy

Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 1:42 PM

To:

Subject: Re: questions about cash only practice

I ask for an emergency contact also (who doesn't live with them). Can help if all their phone numbers change and you need to reach them for some reason. I've stopped asking for social security numbers and I never did ask for driver's

licenses, but then maybe I should.

And I get email if they are willing to communicate that way (that's what I use the most).

General dos and donts of a cash practice.....wow, that's a big one. Any specific questions?

Sharon

Sharon McCoy MD

Renaissance Family Medicine

www.SharonMD.com

On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Pratt <karen.oaktreecomcast (DOT) net> wrote:

I would get name, address, phone numbers (home, work, cell), and a copy of the driver’s license. SS# helps, too, but if you’re taking payment at the time of service,

some patients may not be willing to give you that info. You want to know where to find you if a check bounces or they dispute a credit card charge. I’ve never had a charge disputed, but we’ve had plenty of checks bounce.

Pratt

Office Manager

Oak Tree Internal Medicine P.C

www.prattmd.info

From:

[mailto: ]

On Behalf Of wenmingtseng

Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 6:48 AM

To:

Subject: questions about cash only practice

I am starting a part time cash only practice before the big leap,

1. What are the general do's and don'ts of a cash practice?

2. Since I am not going to deal with insurances, what basic demographics do I need to keep? meaning, name, dob, address etc.

Thanks,

Ben Chan

--

--

Sharon McCoy MD

Renaissance Family Medicine

www.SharonMD.com

[Guest guest]

True about Medicare.  I'm just currently opted out, so it's not an issue for me.

Sharon

 

Don't forget medicare needing a SS since that is the #. Otherwise I don't put them on, I keep them, if I have them, since some insurers can find a patient this way, if the card number is wrong

From: [ ] On Behalf Of Dr. Sharon McCoy [docsharon@...]

Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 3:56 PM

To: Subject: Re: questions about cash only practice

 

,

I've never put a social security number on any of the electronic billing I submit for patients (except Tricare) and it has never been a problem.

Sharon

 

                I ask for SSN as most insurance plans want it.  Have not tried it w/o it.  Sharon or , do your folks get and money back from their insurance company if they don’t put their SSN on their CMS 1500?

 

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Dr. Sharon McCoy

Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 1:42 PMTo: Subject: Re: questions about cash only practice

 

I ask for an emergency contact also (who doesn't live with them).  Can help if all their phone numbers change and you need to reach them for some reason.  I've stopped asking for social security numbers and I never did ask for driver's licenses, but then maybe I should.

And I get email if they are willing to communicate that way (that's what I use the most).

 

General dos and donts of a cash practice.....wow, that's a big one.  Any specific questions?

 

Sharon

Sharon McCoy MDRenaissance Family Medicinewww.SharonMD.com

I would get name, address, phone numbers (home, work, cell), and a copy of the driver’s license.  SS# helps, too, but if you’re taking payment at the time of service, some patients may not be willing to give you that info.  You want to know where to find you if a check bounces or they dispute a credit card charge.  I’ve never had a charge disputed, but we’ve had plenty of checks bounce.

 

Pratt

Office Manager

Oak Tree Internal Medicine P.C

www.prattmd.info

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of wenmingtseng

Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 6:48 AMTo: Subject: questions about cash only practice

 

I am starting a part time cash only practice before the big leap,

1. What are the general do's and don'ts of a cash practice?2. Since I am not going to deal with insurances, what basic demographics do I need to keep? meaning, name, dob, address etc.

Thanks,Ben Chan

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--

Sharon McCoy MDRenaissance Family Medicinewww.SharonMD.com

-- Sharon McCoy MDRenaissance Family Medicinewww.SharonMD.com