Carrie :
No they aren't, they are hoping the patient won't come back for a second appointment.
They did this years ago in dental. If a patient needed a crown and while prepping for the crown, we remove decay. If the decay gets too large, we have to do a "buildup" in order to put back enough disease free tooth structure to place the crown on. Insurance now said, if a buildup is needed, it can't be done the same day. So now, we remove disease, place the buildup and then make the patient come back to do the crown. We have to pay for op setup supplies, pay for anesthesia again, the patient has to get numb, again, lose time from work etc etc. They (insurance) knows that many patients will just not come back. The tooth is now disease free, and no longer hurting, the insurance wants the patient not to come back. Even though, we know with 100% certainty, the tooth will break, we don't know when but we know it it. The insurance is not only hoping they don't come back, they are also betting the patient has a different insurance in a year or two, and they just saved their investors $1k+.
They are criminals
OH and to let every person reading this, the BIGGEST CRIMINAL is Delta Dental. They are the biggest, and the worst payers. They actually hurt patients, they now own their own offices, their own lobbyists to create fee schedules and it's 100% a monopoly.
I wish people knew, to pick ANY OTHER DENTAL INSURANCE than Delta Dental.......they are hurting your health, I'm not exaggerating. Ask anyone in the dental field.
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