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Archive > December, 2008 Vol. IX, No. 12

Editor's Page

Will Pay-in-Advance Policy for Surgery Add Up?

Dan O'Connor, Editor-in-Chief

Before a patient can schedule elective surgery at Carle Clinic in Urbana, Ill., he must whip out his checkbook, credit card or billfold and make a down payment that will be applied to his co-insurance obligation, that 10 percent to 20 percent of uncovered charges that the 320-physician group practice was more often writing off than collecting.

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