hi
actually over the past 20 years spent 10 in upper level management 5 in adult
icu and 2 in pediatrics and 3 in neonatal intensive care.....donea littl bit of
everthing..
28 percent sounds low....i had surgery that was 89000 medicare paid 48..so its
not really a percentage but a fixe rate...yu can ask any doc if he will take
insurance assignment........you rright about over priced...imy implants were
52000..
deb rn

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------Original Message------
From: Eric <niteowl440@...>
To: <Denture_Dentures@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sat, Jun 13, 7:19 AM +0000
Subject: [Denture_Dentures] Re: Dentist Q's .....

From Deb and to Deb .....just so everyone can see who is interested ...

Hi Deb ...so you are an RN in the general medical field? .. I didn't think that
medicare would pay for dental(can you imagine the hyper-infated-costs then
??..!!) ... but in the regular medical - is that 28% figure correct? ..
"Assignment" ? ... this term is used also in the dental field when dealing with
Delta or other plans? I have never approached a dentist about this .. but I
really should. The dental charges(not the dentures themselves-they have been
reasonable) that I have seen and been quoted are uNreal....and I honestly feel
are way out-of-line. ... Eric



--- On Fri, 6/12/09, Debra f <i_ownaberner@...> wrote:

> From: Debra f <i_ownaberner@...>
> Subject: Re: [Denture_Dentures] Dentist Q's .....
> To: niteowl440@...
> Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 9:58 PM
> were u referring to medicare
> paying for dental care...cause they dont..the question
> u wnt to ask ur docs is do they take assignment? tht
> means tke what medicare pays and not charge the usual and
> customary...
> deb rn
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--- In Denture_Dentures@yahoogroups.com, "Eric " <niteowl440@...> wrote:
>
> THANKS Rj for the offer. I have a couple of Q's to start this off. 1)
...Through typical dental insurance .. what percentage of the bill is paid
...and is considered payment-in-full ?(I ask this since today I was informed
that Medicare only pays typically 28% of the bill)
>
> 2) ... When you are dealing with a dentist on A LOT of work .... like lots of
extractions or many mini or regular implants ... how do you get them to disount
all this work?
>
> I will think of some others .. THX for the offer .. Eric
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> --- In Denture_Dentures@yahoogroups.com, Rj V <mrjustaddwater@> wrote:
> >
> > hi everyone.... i'm a dentist and would be more than willing to accommodate
any queries you may have regarding this topic...>