A solid payment policy helps to keep your practice or
medspa on track.
PAYMENT POLICIES FOR AESTHETIC SERVICES ARE
more akin to booking a luxury cruise than buying a car. You can't
repossess a facelift, so it only makes sense to require payment in
advance and to charge a substantial booking fee. The business of medical
aesthetics may seem straightforward—you provide a service, the patient
pays a fee—but the reality of patient billing is more complicated. For
example, how do you handle payment for procedures like neurotoxin
or fi ller injections that may vary by appointment? Do you charge for
consultations and no-shows? How can you protect yourself against
charge-backs? Following are seven timely tips on how to create payment
policies that improve workfl ow, patient satisfaction and practice growth.
By Linda W. Lewis
Pay Points
36 MARCH 2016
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MedEsthetics
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