Fees

Question 1

This is a professional fee measured by the space of time and not by the quality or
quantity of professional services rendered.

Answer 1

Retainer Fee

Question 2

Professional fee may depend upon the success or failure of the treatment given.

Answer 2

Contingent fee

Question 3

Optometrist engages the services of a third person to act as an agent to solicit
patients for him,

with the arrangement that the agent shares in the professional fee
either on a percentage basis or a fixed amount, fee splitting is involved in such an
arrangement.

Answer 3

Dichotomous Fee (Fee Splitting)

Question 4

➢ Consultation fee and examination charges
➢ Cost of materials dispensed; and
➢ Other charges for special tests and services

Answer 4

Straight fee or “Pakyaw system”

Question 5

The practice tends to hide the professional fee in the overall charge to the patient giving the latter the impression that he is paying only the eyeglasses or materials

Answer 5

Straight Fee