Thanks. I hope this can be an open dialoge. I don't want to ask for help and then feel like I am arguing. I am guessing you are a subspecialist in neurology where you see mainly referrals? Or a different type of patient.
I guess I need to have everyone tell me to be tougher. I just find it toughest in pediatrics to have a child with strep throat come in and then have to turn them away because they don't have the money. I completely understand the fact that they are not paying me for my time. (Although we would bill them). We, too, check the day before.
If we told that family we couldn't see them, I doubt we would see them again. Now, I would agree with anyone who told me that this is the family you don't want. I guess I am not disagreeing as I am more looking for what is the best thing to do in that situation.
