Let Patients Finance Their Surgeries
A review of the options you can offer your cash-strapped patients.
Leigh Page, Contributing Editor
If you're losing out on potential patients who simply can't afford skyrocketing insurance deductibles, partnering with a third-party healthcare financing service offers a win-win solution: You collect up-front payments immediately without worrying about adding to your accounts receivables, and patients can pay their outstanding balances over several years at low or no interest. Let's review a few patient financing alternatives and explore how they can benefit your facility.
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