Everything about medical equipment leasing
Health care practitioners and administrators have benefited from leasing medical equipment rather than purchasing.
Medical equipment such as laboratory equipment, X-rays, monitors, ultrasound instrumentation is expensive to finance and a vital to the daily operations of a doctor's office.
Physicians, starting their own practices have several choices, they can send their patience to hospitals for lab work and test, or the physician can send their lab test to a reference labs, or they can run the required test in their office.
Having their patience go to a hospital for routine testing is a great inconvenience for the patience. Sending routine lab work to reference labs may or may not be covered by health insurance, and performing the test in the office means the physician has to invest in expensive equipment.
Leasing is another option, which allows the physician to pay for the instruments in monthly installments instead of all at once.
Many times, lease agreements include routine maintenance preformed by the manufacture and at the end of the lease, the physician may have the opportunity to purchase the equipment or upgrade to a newer model.
A large percentage of doctors' offices lease medical equipment. Established hospitals, reference labs, blood banks, physician offices, and clinics lease a majority of their equipment because of the flexible plans offered.
Many pharmaceutical companies offer inexpensive lease programs on medical equipment if the hospital or laboratory agrees to purchase reagents for a certain amount of time from that particular pharmaceutical company.
Physicians see leasing medical equipment programs as a way to help their practice grow.
Having the ability to perform simple testing, such as bone density, urinalysis, EKG, and simple lab work greatly assist the physicians in their diagnosis of their patience.
