Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[DickMidnight]

If its a matter of infatuation then you are correct. You cant call something a extra charge if its standard operating procedure

but these weren’t SOP until 2020.

 

[Molpet]

off the top of my head, im gonna say new equipment, more stringent sanitization practices, increased insurance premiums, and probably staffing. not to mention a historic demand for medical equipment since supply chains have been absolutely gutted

people complain no matter how a business decides to raise their prices. no one is ever happy

if they raise their prices and don’t tell you why, people are pissed about the “price increase out of nowhere” and when they tell you what extra costs they’re incurring and why your cost has gone up, then people complain that the thing they’re paying for is stupid.

just curious, do you own a business?

I wonder if insurance coding is in place for a PPE charge.

 

[Brooks_]

I really skipped a lot here. Has the court lottery/6th court chosen been discussed? Would legalities be considered political?

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

I wonder if insurance coding is in place for a PPE charge.

I dont believe it is. My insurance didnt cover the ppe anyways. Our insurance is pretty good too

 

[muddy75]

It should be part of standard operating procedure. Raise their prices but don’t call it a PPE fee. This stuff should already be in place.

You say that like it’s a “free market” insurance dictates most pricing in any business where it’s accepted.
unfortunately most dental insurance does not adjust pricing to properly reflect additional costs associated with the current situation. (Many still only pay $36 for an exam on the high end for example) But many insurances added allowable fees and codes for PPE costs, teledentistry visits etc because dental was impacted significantly as dental health is not a priority for most until it hurts bad enough and in many areas dental was caught in limbo between elective and necessary. And PPE costs on standard items more than doubled when and “if” available
Jackets for example that were $2 each suddenly unavailable and the lowest quality isolation gowns when available jumped to $7-10 each. in a typical dental setting each patient encounter is doctor and at least 2 staff members so there you now have $30 in jackets vs $6 before.

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

I really skipped a lot here. Has the court lottery/6th court chosen been discussed? Would legalities be considered political?

Not sure. Ask a mod. Also not really sure what that is

 

[muddy75]

I wonder if insurance coding is in place for a PPE charge.

Yes it is still in place…..some allow and cover some do not.

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

You say that like it’s a “free market” insurance dictates most pricing in any business where it’s accepted.
unfortunately most dental insurance does not adjust pricing to properly reflect additional costs associated with the current situation. (Many still only pay $36 for an exam on the high end for example) But many insurances added allowable fees and codes for PPE costs, teledentistry visits etc because dental was impacted significantly as dental health is not a priority for most until it hurts bad enough and in many areas dental was caught in limbo between elective and necessary. And PPE costs on standard items more than doubled when and “if” available
Jackets for example that were $2 each suddenly unavailable and the lowest quality isolation gowns when available jumped to $7-10 each. in a typical dental setting each patient encounter is doctor and at least 2 staff members so there you now have $30 in jackets vs $6 before.

Teledentistry? Thats a thing? That doesnt even make sense. Are you supposed to put your phone in your mouth?

 

[Brooks_]

Also not really sure what that is

Not surprising as the media seems to be focused on a couple murder trials. Anyway, all the legal challenges to the OSHA mandate were consolidated into one federal court.

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

Not surprising as the media seems to be focused on a couple murder trials. Anyway, all the legal challenges to the OSHA mandate were consolidated into one federal court.

Oh cool. Well I think as long as you dont take a political opinion it might be ok to discuss the facts. Just as long as everyone is in agreement to accept the facts of the case and remain unpolitical. Id tread lightly though. Best to ask a mod though. I wouldnt mind reading up on it if you have a link