Drafting financial forms for use in your practice is an important task. Of particular importance are forms that protect your right to payment for the good and valuable services you provide.
In a cash practice, of course, your patient is the party who will pay. Even in the absence of a written agreement, your rendering of services creates an implied contract that financially obligates the patient. However, most practices and patients exist in the world of insurance and health care plans. Physicians should not feel uncomfortable about asking patients to sign forms that protect reimbursement under these arrangements, particularly when most physicians, as a courtesy, invest valuable resources in submitting and documenting claims to payers.
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