Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Case and Commentary Jul 2019 When There’s No One to Whom an Error Can Be Disclosed, How Should an Error Be Handled? Ryan G. Chiu When a patient is incompetent and unrepresented, alternative strategies must be implemented to document and try to rectify an error. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E553-558. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.553. Policy Forum Mar 2020 What Should Health Care Organizations Do to Reduce Billing Fraud and Abuse? Katherine Drabiak, JD and Jay Wolfson, DrPH, JD Upcoding and misrepresenting clinical information constitute fraud, cost a lot, and can result in patient harm and unnecessary procedures and prescriptions. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(3):E221-231. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.221. Case and Commentary Sep 2020 How Should Clinicians’ Performance Be Assessed When Health Care Organizations Implement Behavioral Architecture That Generates Negative Consequences? Safiya Richardson, MD, MPH Interventions’ influences on decision making situate clinician performance evaluations in key ways. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(9):E760-766. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.760.
Case and Commentary Jul 2019 When There’s No One to Whom an Error Can Be Disclosed, How Should an Error Be Handled? Ryan G. Chiu When a patient is incompetent and unrepresented, alternative strategies must be implemented to document and try to rectify an error. AMA J Ethics. 2019;21(7):E553-558. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2019.553.
Policy Forum Mar 2020 What Should Health Care Organizations Do to Reduce Billing Fraud and Abuse? Katherine Drabiak, JD and Jay Wolfson, DrPH, JD Upcoding and misrepresenting clinical information constitute fraud, cost a lot, and can result in patient harm and unnecessary procedures and prescriptions. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(3):E221-231. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.221.
Case and Commentary Sep 2020 How Should Clinicians’ Performance Be Assessed When Health Care Organizations Implement Behavioral Architecture That Generates Negative Consequences? Safiya Richardson, MD, MPH Interventions’ influences on decision making situate clinician performance evaluations in key ways. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(9):E760-766. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.760.