Who takes credit cards…and other lessons on getting paid

Written by Reed Tinsley, CPA | May 1, 2008

Peter Lucash's blog has written post about a physician credit card survey by SK&A:

I’ve written before about my frustration, as a patient, with practices who don’t take credit cards for payment. I had a situation where in one sitting I paid the surgeon, the pathologist and the hospital. The anesthesiologist and nurse-anesthetists? They ended up waiting. 

 

SK&A, a healthcare sales and marketing information firm, recently surveyed 500,000 physicians as to their acceptance of credit cards. The survey is more of an overview, but it provides a good quick look:

To read on: https://www.allbusiness.com/health-care/health-care-regulation-policy-health/9562877-1.html

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