The ethics of insurance limiting institutional medical care: It's all about the money.

Abstract:

:Dr F. Inest practices surgery at a renowned medical center but is concerned because increasing numbers of medical insurers are excluding his institution from coverage. Many of his former referring physicians are beginning to send their patients elsewhere for this reason. The marketing people have been busy increasing their advertising buys and exploring new business models. There is even talk about reducing expensive clinical trials. However, regardless of his affiliation, he has little control over these and other organizational decisions that directly impact his practice clinically and fiscally. What should he do?

journal_name

J Vasc Surg

authors

Jones JW,McCullough LB

doi

10.1016/j.jvs.2016.02.001

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2016-04-01 00:00:00

pages

1108-9

issue

4

eissn

0741-5214

issn

1097-6809

pii

S0741-5214(16)00173-7

journal_volume

63

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