How do you charge the doctors credit card fees and check fee
I am curious, when patient calls to pay over the phone, do you guy charge the doctor for processing fee ??Do many of you bill the processing fee for credit card ??Or do you chalk it up.Credit Card...
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Most credit card contracts forbid you from adding the charge onto the bill, except for some debit card contracts which allow a "convenience fee."The patient should not be paying you directly, the...
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We give our clients the option of taking credit card payments. If they choose to accept then we process the credit card and the charge the client a 3% fee.Russ
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No, I am curious, because I am ready to setup the credit card / check payment program.How can you sign up for Merchant Service, under the doctors name ?So , you can't have the patient pay and you than...
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How can you sign up for Merchant Service, under the doctors name ?The same way you sign up for anything else for the doctor, with their permission.Read More
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Credit card processing by a third party is a regular occurrence. Many of our clients are just too small to go through the expense. Our credit card payments shows with my company;s name on the customer...
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I agree with Russ and have never seen any written rule or directive that prohibits a billing company from processing credit cards for a client.I've never had a patient verbalize a concern about paying...
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We did away with a third party credit card situation for the provider I work for. We lost several hundred dollars in fees (at $25 a pop for a chargeback) because we couldn't get the patient to respond...
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My company does this for several of our clients. I don't think it's ever really been a problem. Even if it did happen now and then and some money was lost on occasion, I suspect the benefit outweighs...
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So I am guessing that its better to charge the patient and let them know about the charge and then pay the doctor ?P.S. if you charge under doctors name, then each doctor you have as a client will...
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Each practice should set up their own merchant account w/ their own bank or other financial institution. Obviously, the practice would bear the cost of any setup fees. Personally, I would not advise...
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Shop around for a merchant account with no setup fees.Sharon
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There are credit card accounts that allow you to add up to 100 different clients. The money is deposited into a "holding" or escrow account and distributed monthly. Each client then pays their own...
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In some States, there are laws that prohibit you from charging the patient any fees or interest if he patient is not made aware of them prior to rendering the service.
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We write the info on a form, then take to the physicians office, and have the staff process the charge, no more than a 72 hour max lag time. The receipt goes in the patient chart for their next...
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I give my clients an as you need it approach to accepting credit cards. I have a credit card slip (that I had approved thru merchant solutions) that is an entire sheet of paper. It has the usual...
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I am confused...Its okay to process the card and let the patient know and have a check out to the doctors account ?Do I have to say that to the Physician or in the contract ThankBen
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