http://www.healthcarebs.com/2011/04/27/wrist-slaps-for-university-of-wisconsin-doctors-who-wrote-fake-sick-notes/ Cleaning the Augean Stables of the Health Care Debate Mon, 21 May 2012 18:18:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2011/04/27/wrist-slaps-for-university-of-wisconsin-doctors-who-wrote-fake-sick-notes/#comment-464083 TMLutas Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:45:01 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2011/04/27/wrist-slaps-for-university-of-wisconsin-doctors-who-wrote-fake-sick-notes/#comment-464083 These wrist slaps as you put them are the formal tip of the iceberg. The rest of it is that other doctors will likely want to stay clear of these professional disasters-waiting-to-happen. If you deal with one of these docs, the chance of you ending up in the witness chair goes up so why buy that sort of trouble? It's much better to just steer your patients to more ethical alternatives in other doctor groups and hospitals. Their lower productivity numbers (and greater chance of job loss) will be impacting them for years to come. These wrist slaps as you put them are the formal tip of the iceberg. The rest of it is that other doctors will likely want to stay clear of these professional disasters-waiting-to-happen. If you deal with one of these docs, the chance of you ending up in the witness chair goes up so why buy that sort of trouble? It’s much better to just steer your patients to more ethical alternatives in other doctor groups and hospitals. Their lower productivity numbers (and greater chance of job loss) will be impacting them for years to come.

]]> http://www.healthcarebs.com/2011/04/27/wrist-slaps-for-university-of-wisconsin-doctors-who-wrote-fake-sick-notes/#comment-464082 Frank Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:58:00 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2011/04/27/wrist-slaps-for-university-of-wisconsin-doctors-who-wrote-fake-sick-notes/#comment-464082 This about fraud. Those bozos ought to be on probation for 10 years. This about fraud. Those bozos ought to be on probation for 10 years.

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