(Reuters)—The U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday that 243 people have been arrested across the country, charged with submitting fake billing for Medicare, a government healthcare program, that totaled $712 million. Attorney General Loretta Lynch described the arrests as the largest criminal healthcare fraud takedown in the history of the Justice Department. Those arrested…
Ethics Forum: Plagiarism in EMRs Saves Time, But Can Raise Risk of Errors
Case You’ve been asked to see an inpatient for a rheumatologic consultation. After seeing the patient, you enter an initial consult note in the electronic medical record (EMR). The next day, when you write a follow-up note for this patient, you copy part of your assessment and plan from your prior note. Soon after you…
Ethics Forum: Terminating Hospital Consulting Services
Ethical considerations for rheumatologists in terminating consultative services to a community hospital
Ethical, Regulatory Issues Raise Patient Care Dilemmas for Physical Therapists
How to develop strategies for optimal patient care within confines of contemporary payment systems
Ethics Forum: Electronic Health Records Raise Concerns about Physician-Patient Relationship
Health information technology may distract physicians during exam room visits with patients
Ethics Forum: Patient Test Requests Pose Challenges for Rheumatologists
Ethical challenges physicians face when patients request potentially unnecessary medical tests
Letters: Multidisciplinary Care Treatment Goals, Guidelines Essential for Patients
A patient case [The Rheumatologist, May 2014], emphasizes importance of good communication among multiple healthcare providers
Ethics Forum: The Challenge of Multidisciplinary Care in Rheumatology
A patient with autoimmune ocular disease raises concerns about the moral, professional obligations of rheumatologists to help patients whose condition is not clearly within the scope of rheumatology
Ethics Forum: The Ethical Challenges of Recruiting Patients for Clinical Trials
A successful recruiter raises concerns about balancing friendliness and enthusiasm with legal and ethical constraints when screening human subjects for research
Ethics Forum: Difficult Parents and Termination of Care in Pediatrics
A pediatric rheumatologist faces continuity of care issues for a patient with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis whose parents are disruptive to the medical practice
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