Way to go foks, now you're talking.
****Big Warning Here****
We were warned by our PO here in the Syracuse area that as of right now this brain trust of lawyers could not safely advise us to offer discounts to patients who pay cash at time of service. That as we speak there are a number of cases working their way thru the system, there is really prosecusion of docs for such things happening and that here in NY the state is even getting worse on such things. These were some very smart and knowledgable lawyers who spoke to us on this matter. I say; "don't do it" until someone writes law that clearly protects it... I consider you friends and don't want to see any of you get hurt.
This anti-free trade and treat all people "equally" has been so distorted and thrown out of wack that we can no longer make any "free" choices as to how to run our businesses like any and all other truely free market businesses. We do not offer a cash discount and until the climate changes drastically we won't. I'm not watching some moron from the FTC come in here and tear my office apart, shut us down, and take my wife off in handcuffs because we cared enough to do more in a single visit to assist patient accesss to healthcare, than these bozos do in a lifetime.
This is Bull, pure and simple.
Good Night and Good Luck
Paul
