DentalBuzz – a jolt of current…

Unbiased reporting about the consumers themselves.

It may be hard to believe, but patients all over the country are complaining that dentists aren’t asking them to pay their bills anymore.

For many years, consumers have taken advantage of dental practices’ good will by just “paying when they could” for their dental care. Unfortunately for many offices, this resulted in the expenses of staff time, mailing repeated statements, and simply writing off debts that were never paid.

Now that healthcare financing has come to the market, Consumer Reports (July 2008 issue) is pointing fingers at CareCredit, the Citi Health Card, Chase HealthAdvance, CapitalOne Healthcare Finance, and the dental providers themselves for allegedly taking advantage of the doctor-patient relationship.

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In our last episode, we left as the two camps bickered over what they were going to do once they had actually tracked down the elusive Maxillus mandibularis. The leader of Camp NeuroMuscular had leaned toward the fire, cradling the bowl of his pipe in his fingers and clenching its stem in his teeth like an NTI device. Removing the pipe, he suggested that the solution was to deprogram this infernal beast. 

“Nonsense!” replied Sir Centric Relation from under his handlebar moustache. “Everyone knows that you must guide the cuspid. It is the only way to stop the nightly rampage.”

As we return to the scene, Sir Centric stands up and peers into the encroaching darkness. Read the rest of this entry »