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Originally Posted by dwerten  here is the reason i say kick backs for referrals because i did two dental consults with demi as first person i was not 100% confident with as she was talking bone packing and all kinds of crazy stuff quoting me 3k and i went to my personal dentist and she was like wth bone packing i hope you have another 10k in your pocket for this as bone packing does not work well in humans let alone dogs and this dentist wanted to put demi under every 6 mos and use stitches and all kinds of stuff - she freaked me out and glad i went to the one i go to now BUT what happened also with her is a called and receptionist said is this a direct consult or referral from vet and i said what is the cost of each and she said 50.00 direct 150.00 through vet and i said DIRECT as i found her and she was not referred by a vet. SO why the extra $100 - possibly a kick back for a referral to get her business going as she was new to area ???? Hate to think this way but after 25-30k in vet bills i am starting to ask ALOT OF QUESTIONS and EDUCATE myself because of all this stuff and pass on what i am learning |
I think that could be correct. Dr's offices would probably get compensation for the referrals they make elsewhere. I remember my vet recommending me to take Bella to the place in Santa Rosa before to get her trachea checked out and that was the same place she recommended me for the neuro. I don't know if it was because it really is the closest place to where I live or if they do really get something from recommending people. Another thing was, she was insisting I take her to internal med (not neuro) because she thought her head tilt could be a result of her liver since she had elevated bile acids and sometimes liver shunts can result in neuro problems.
I actually told my vet I found a neuro and I would to be refer there but she said that she had called the place I wanted to go to and they weren't internal med, just neuro so we wrote me a referral to the place she had recommended. I took the referral form and called the neuro I wanted to go to and just told him I was refer somewhere else and have a referral form with me but it wasn't for them. He said ok and schedule me anyways. I think they just need to know if it was really necessary to see a neuro or not because they never requested my referral form once I got there.
The other places I called wouldn't schedule me in until the referral form was faxed or something. With that alone, I rather not go there.