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Physicians, patients grappling with financial woes

Physicians are surely feeling the pain of patients' inability to pay their medical bills. Take Dr. Dan Buerger, a surgeon at Pittsburgh Oculoplastic Associates Ltd. Thanks to a struggling economy and

Trend: More medical practices require same-day deductible payment

In the past, most medical practices were content to collect co-pays from patients and go after health plans for the rest of what they were owed. They did this, in part, because they just weren't sure