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    • I think "never event" was chosen because it will not be reimbursed (negative compensation). But, with the law of unintended consequences, I suspect it will be used to seek tort compensation.

      10 months ago by symtym

      in » Never Events the New Class Actions? symtym

    • The "Never Event" is unfortunately named. In Australia a list of similar events are called Critical Indicators. I accept that they are preventable, but it is hard to say never in medicine...

      10 months ago by DrCris

      in » Never Events the New Class Actions? symtym

    • I wonder about the full disclosure issues. While I believe in them, I think that we are unnecessarily limiting the scope of disclosure practices to physicians. I believe that lawyers, politicians,...

      1 year ago by raja, MD, MS

      in Your Business

    • We don't already have a two-tiered medical system? One for the well-off, and one for everyone else?

      1 year ago by Chuck McKay

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    • This is important information, especially for an elderly person on the Medicare part d plan. They don't need any more nasty surprises like being declined for care

      1 year ago by Darwin Corby

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Harassment; Fire Sale

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Nurses Face Harassment From Patients

The harassment can run the gamut from offensive jokes or sexual comments to inappropriate touching. Sexual assaults are rare but do occur, nursing officials say. Some male nurses have reported being harassed, but the overwhelming majority of cases are bet

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  • Journal club was cancelled today - attending in the tropics vacationing. So I mentioned the above article re: nuclear imaging to the cardiology fellows. They did not realize that this was already law - one knew it was proposed. Got some interesting responses - from, "well forget about the nuclear certification", to "it only affects Medicare and Medi-cal patients".
    Glad I am not in private practice and will not need to worry about self referral infractions. (I order nuc studies, then am actually the one giving the persantine or supervising the ETT, but don't do the interpretation or bill for my services).
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