Disclosing Physician Financial Incentives
Article Abstract:
Doctors need to consider the fact that they may be required to disclose certain financial incentives they receive to their patients. In a managed care plan, the most common financial incentive is to reward the doctor for withholding treatments. Court decisions and federal and state laws require require managed care organizations to disclose these incentives but in the future, doctors may have to do so. Financial disclosure is considered to be part of informed consent, but it is unclear how these disclosures will affect the doctor-patient relationship.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1999
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Fraud and Abuse Law
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Many fraud and abuse laws may need to be changed. These laws were created when Medicare was created in the mid-1960s. They exist at the state and federal level and their purpose was essentially to reduce wasteful spending. However, the health care industry has moved from a fee-for-service model to a managed care model. In managed care, the biggest problem is spending too little. Many cooperative business practices punished by these laws would be perfectly acceptable in any other industry.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1999
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Principles, Pragmatism, and Medical Injury
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A lawyer who also has a medical degree looks at the pros and cons of a proposal to replace the current US malpractice system with a no-fault injury compensation system. He also believes the word 'malpractice' should be eliminated from the US legal vocabulary, just as Sweden and New Zealand did when they developed their no-fault injury compensation systems.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2001
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