title: Using third-party financing to help today's patient pay for treatment and care.
abstract: Patients walking into your practice today are different than the ones you saw a few years ago. Larger deductibles and out-of-pocket costs may cause many of them to put off recommended treatment. What can you do to ease patients' cost concerns and help them move forward with the care they want and need? Creating a comprehensive financial policy that includes a third-party patient financing program is a good place to start. Here's how to ensure that you select the best program for you.
authors.affiliation: rmorris@carecredit.com
authors.forename: Rob
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morris
mesh_terms: D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D002017:Budgets / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D004526:Efficiency; D005382:Financing, Personal / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010350:Patient Credit and Collection / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States