sorry dentoman - I was thinking that you were a dentist, and I now get what you are saying.
I thought you menat small business in general.
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Originally Posted by Dentoman
If the patient refuses to stay in the practice due to increased copay + insurance company does not lessen its premiums to assist patient to pay the increased copay = small business eats the cost of the fee guide.
My office will follow the 2017 Fee Guide put out in the fall. The further reduction in the 2018 Fee Guide is too significant for me to absorb and I refuse to reduce wages for my staff since they are likely more valuable to my patient base than I am (some have been with me for 20 years). I will look for efficiencies and try to negotiate lower supply costs, but really, outside of wages, there is not much wiggle room on a lot of costs.
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