Thanks for your response. Probably...I am sure it was one in many of the forms (I have been seeing him for years so I don't remember exactly), and I just did it without thinking much about it....something I won't ever do again.

I do know you have to give 24 hours notice to cancel, but that is the same with all my drs. I have never missed ANY drs appt before, except for one (not a T or pdoc) where 1-40 was closed in both directions for an entire afternoon/evening due to a horrible accident...I did not get a bill for that appt. because without a helicopter on hand, I never could have gotten there.

I assume it must be legal once you give them your card number...I do remember it being the first thing they asked me for when I scheduled my first appt (I remember that much), gently explaining they keep it on file should I miss an appt, and then they will just charge it.