Yes! If the patient states they have an insurance plan that you are In-network with you are obligated to bill their insurance as in accordance of your terms and agreements with said insurance company. 

You must also charge the patient appropriately as per the plans agreements in the event that the patient has not met their In-Network deductible. 

With all that said, the Patient does have an option to opt out of using their commercial health insurance by signing a waiver as per the HITECH  act of 2010 for all insurances, except *Medicare.

(Section 13405 subtitle D of HITECH ACT, 42 USC 17935)

No. Your healthcare files and history are with only you and your provider. This decentralizes healthcare data  and decision making away from the insurance companies. 

You may receive announcements from FixCare for extra savings, events and updates to the program.

Becoming a fixed care provider contributes to a movement towards a more decentralize healthcare  system.  This movment will return the decision making process back into the hands of the patients and the providers  in order to break away from the medical industrial complex. 

Actively marketing FixCare  providers to subscribed members and  institutions whom are willing to pay directly to providers for their medical care bypassing the layers of bureaucracy set up to obtruct access and payment  of care with traditional health insurance. The members also save on spending on high premiums, high Co-pays and meeting high decutables before any insurance plan takes action.

Having a patient population that will pay at the time of the visit saves providers practice time, money and energy on billing services and  the appeals process for services already rendered. 

FixCare providers will be part of a  growing referral network of like-minded practioners where limits in "leakage" refferals out to into hospital systems and hedge funded medical practices. Those types of providers and systems tend not foster refferals back to independent private practices and maximizie billing on patients.

The major benefit to becoming a FixCare provider is that the service is FREE for providers to join, and there will be no charge for any patient acquisition unlike other marketing platforms. We at FixCare  just as for the providers to pass on the savings on to the members to be a part of the platform.  

Reasonably priced membership subscriptions by patiernts will fund platform and the marketing FixCare providers.

No. Although many Providers will post their fees; You can just simply state how much of rate reduction your office would allow off your usual and customary Fees for consultation and procedures that your office regularly qoutes patients.