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Will I be charged for a missed appointment?
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A missed appointment is defined as a patient’s failure to cancel a scheduled appointment at least 24 hours in advance, or a minimum of 4 hours notice to cancel same day appointments.
Each Maryland Primary Care Physicians practice sets its own policy in this area, ranging from not charging for missed appointments, to not charging for the 1st missed appointment, to charging for each appointment missed. It’s important to remember that when an appointment is missed, that time slot could have been used to serve another patient. To avoid possible confusion, offices that charge patients for missed appointments have signs clearly stating their policy in patient waiting areas. |
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