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May 05, 2012, 3:16 am -- /EPR NETWORK/ -- Dr. Steve Wolfington, of Cochise Caring Dentistry in Sierra Vista, AZ. announces their “Smile-A-Mile Program” that reimburses Cochise County Arizona Residents for gas used in round trip visits to their Sierra Vista dentist office.
Dr. Wolfington states, ”with the continued high price of gas, Cochise County
residents are now paying an average of $3.73 per gallon, and with many patients a
round trip visit can be up to 70 miles or more.
We have many patients traveling to our dental office in Sierra Vista, AZ. from
Benson, Bisbee, Douglas and other outlying cities in Cochise County, even as far as
Tucson. Our dental office has been in this location for over 30 years, and many
staff members have treated and cared for 2 and 3 generations of our patient’s family
and friends. They drive here because they want the comfort of knowing they are in
the same good hands as many of their family and friends have for so long.
We were compelled to do something to maintain the comfort level our patients enjoy and for new patients as well, and we want to keep it that way. My wife Liz and I wanted to find a way we could help off-set the high cost of gas, and we came up with a simple program to help out our patients, “Smile-A-Mile”.
Smile-A-Mile reimburses patients for the round trip cost of gas
Our “Smile-A-Mile” Program reimburses our patients for their round trip cost of gas for each visit. We calculated the mileage from each of the cities like Benson, Douglas, Tombstone, Bisbee and more, to our Sierra Vista, AZ Dentist Office. We used the average miles per gallon that a typical family vehicle gets according to statistics, the average cost of per gallon of gas throughout Cochise County Arizona, and came up with our “Smile-A-Mile Program”. As an example, our Benson Arizona Patients are now being reimbursed $7.00 for each and every visit to our Sierra Vista Dental office, and all they need to do is bring in a water, electricity or phone bill to show proof of residence”.
We asked Dr. Wolfington “What about people with more than one family member or friend being treated, how are they reimbursed”?
“We kept it simple as we could; it is reimbursed per patient, so as to support car pooling. If there are 3 patients in one visit, it is three times the gas reimbursement amount. The amount to be reimbursed is credited to their individual treatment upon payment for services. We have placed the rates of reimbursement for 8 cities on our new Cochise Caring Dentistry website, and if anyone outside of these cities would like to become a patient and join the Smile-A-Mile Program, all they have to do is contact us, tell us what city their traveling from and we’ll respond with the amount.”
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Contact Details: Cochise Caring Dentistry
302 El Camino Real Suite 4
Sierra Vista, AZ. 85635
Phone: 1.520.458.1989
Fax: 1.520.458.6905
E-mail: contact@sierravistadentistazfamilydental.com
Monday - Thursday 8am to 5pm and Friday 8am to 4:30pm
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SEOBM AZ Dental Care: www.seobrandmanagement.com
