Re: "Managers Get Tough on Implants" (July, page 62). We recently began using a third-party implant billing service and have found that some insurance companies won't pay for the implant through the billing service. The billing service then bills the patient. These patients are very angry when they get a bill for the implant from a company they've never heard of. We've had to deal with this twice now. A word of warning: Find out which insurance companies will pay for implants through billing services.
Steven H. Smith, RN
Director, Surgery Center of Wisconsin Rapids
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisc.
writeMail("ssmith@wroinstitute.com")
