IRVINE, CA – SK&A Information Services has just made released its “Physician Office Credit Card Acceptance Data” file, which includes data on more than 600,000 office-based physicians and the brands of credit cards they accept.
“We know that today’s doctors go beyond providing superior healthcare services; they need to know about and offer their patients payment options,” said Chris Bowen, SK&A’s senior vice president for sales. “Through our relationships with physician offices, we have collected data on which practices and providers represent new business for patient financing.”
This information enables financial and merchant service firms to target doctors whose patients need payment options, and to acquire new credit card users.
With the Physician Office Credit Card Acceptance Data file, SK&A now knows which offices accept Visa, MasterCard and/or American Express, and also the 30 percent of physician offices that do not take credit cards. The company feels this represents a marketing opportunity for banks and lenders who offer new and varied types of patient financing solutions.
The Physician Office Credit Card Acceptance Data is available now, and customers may receive monthly updates of new data. SK&A Information Services is developing a similar file for dentist offices to be available later this year.