I'm just sayin'...

I was recently contacted by an insurance company regarding a claim a patient had submitted in an effort to get reimbursed  for one $15 treatment. One treatment. In this case, I believe the patient was in a moving vehicle accident and was trying to get the other driver to pay for their expenses.

Seriously people.
The time and effort on everyone's part: mine, the patient's, the insurers - quickly defeats the purpose of getting an acupuncture treatment for as little as $15. Please, consider what South Austin Community Acupuncture is about, and why you come here in the first place....

We don't bill insurance because we believe it is a hugely inefficient system that has little, if anything, to do with patient care. That's a big part of why we do what we do here at SACA. We'd rather put our energies into actually helping people, instead of dealing with insurance companies. Any insurance co-pay  is going to be somewhere between $20-$40 anyway, so we simply cut out the middleman and just charge the patient directly what is essentially the amount of a co-pay.

I'm just sayin'....