If the payment doesn't arrive, Cornwell makes another call. My policy is payment in full at the time of the visit, but I really went out on a limb to make arrangements with you and if we engage in arrangements again, I have to know that it's not something that you can forget. That way if you needed to make smaller payments, you could just do it with them and you'd have this bill taken care of. Cornwell recommends a policy of payment in full within six months of the service, no matter how big the balance. Within six months, a lot of things can happen.
People can lose a job, get a divorce, have a baby or encounter other changes.
There's a good chance that the patient will need to come back to the practice for another problem after six months. The patient may decide to go to another doctor, rather than return to the first practice and be asked to pay the bill.