Should You Charge for Evaluations?

Doctors have two choices when it comes to initial appointments, often intended for evaluation or diagnostic purposes, with patients. They can either offer these consultations free of charge or they can charge for them. While it might seem like the smart choice would be to charge, many doctors find that they have better luck

recruiting new patients if they make the initial appointment free. Of course, you could end up wasting a lot of time on patients who never come back if you do offer these free evaluations, so it’s all about weighing the pros and cons for your practice.

Fortunately, whether you charge or not, you can utilize new tools for medical evaluation and management procedures. One great tool in the medical evaluation and management world is a special electronic device app known as the DeductorMD. This app allows healthcare professionals to easily record information from the evaluation and to code that information in such a way so as to make billing easier, and this can be used should you choose to charge for evals or when the patient returns. No matter what choice you make about your billing, know that this app can help.

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