More Physicians Not Accepting Credit Card Payments From Patients

One third of physician practices are no longer accepting credit card payments from patients, according to a report in American Medical News. The one-third rate is up from 28 percent of physicians who reported not accepting credit cards last year. According to data from a survey conducted by SK&A Information services, the credit card acceptance rate differed according to specialty and seemed to be correlated to the specialty’s dependence on patient self-pay and the age of its patient ba