By Bill Rossi*

I’ve received phone calls asking for help from many doctors who are writing off 30%, 40%, or even 50% of their production due to Delta and other PPOs. Those write offs total tens of thousands of dollars per month in many cases. Think about it, these dentists are seeing almost every other patient for free in order to keep their chairs full!

We know that most PPO fees are nowhere near what would be considered “UCR” currently. In many cases, those fees haven’t been raised for years, so they often line up with UCRs from the year 2010! It’s one thing to take write offs, but what really gets doctors upset is when PPOs interfere with their treatment recommendations. That really alienates the doctor against the insurance company.