>>The physicians cannot accept cash from those patients. If they do they will be fined. Second offense means prison. Nice, huh?<<
Who would know?
It’s just going underground. When I was the Office Manager in a medical office, I was not allowed to tell people we took cash. My doctor didn’t take checks, cash only. Handed over in the office and the payments never hit the books.
I once had a very good customer, a physician. I would call him to pay me and he said come by and tell his receptionist and she would. After the first time I knew the drill. She would take a cigar box from under the counter and pay me.
Once I went and she hauled out the cigar box and it was empty. She just shrugged and said “sorry, Some one else beat you to it...... maybe Thursday”