[NPInfo] DEA Prices

[David Mittman]

Lisa: Ask them to amortize it over 3 years as that's what your  
payment is for.
I remember $200.00 also. Remember almost everyone else who needs this  
number (except us APCs) are in their own practices where this is just  
another cost of doing business. MAybe we get to finance those border  
raids for drugs, or maybe we pay so they can investigate the docs who  
are always getting arrested for giving out too many Oxycontins?? I am  
so bad sometimes.
Dave

On Jan 8, 2008, at 1:01 PM, Lisa Meyer wrote:

> Did I just get scammed??  Last time I renewed my DEA registration I  
> thought it was outrageously expensive, but I remember it being 200  
> bucks or something like that.  I just renewed today, and is it  
> really $551???  Or did I get directed to some scam site?  This much  
> money every 3 years??  This is the first time I did on-line renewal  
> and was sent this thing in the mail encouraging me to use the on- 
> line version.  It came with a full page of "testimonials" about how  
> easy and quick this was.  It took me AN HOUR!!  It kept telling me  
> there was no match in their system for my number based on the info  
> I was providing, but it doesn't tell you which information is the  
> problem.  I tried calling the "customer help line" and after the  
> PHONE TREE FROM HELL was told that they were busy, "try back later".
>
> Sorry--I really needed to rant.  Does anyone know what the DEA does  
> with all of our money anyway?  Do most of the rest of you pay out  
> of pocket for your numbers or does your employer pick it up?  (Mine  
> comes out of my yearly CME allowance, which will really bite into  
> mine this year).
>
> Lisa
>
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