The Ethics Of Medical Appointments

A medical office administrative assistance must know the importance of proper medical documentation,the legal aspects of documentation and the various medical laws, regulations, and acts; understand language and other communication barriers, proper billing and reimbursement procedures, workplace conflict and diversity; and know how to properly maintain patient ledger cards. Accurate medical documentation ensures the patient receives the proper treatment and aides in validating medical necessity. This documentation is not only critical to the patient but the facility as well because it ensures proper codes are assigned, clean claims are submitted, and allows the reimbursement process runs smoothly. Medical office administrative assistants must understand the imporatance in protecting patient privacy because they have an ethical and legal

McCall Ethics Case Study Jerry is Dr. Williams’s office assistant. He has received professional training as both a medical assistant and an LPN. He is handling all the phone calls while the receptionist is at lunch. A patient calls and says he must have a prescription refill for Valium and that the provider, a friend, calls in the medication prior to any flights. This type of request happens often and in slightly different scenarios, but the outcome should remain the same to avoid ethical and legal issues. This paper will review the case study to help resolve the problem at hand, refilling a prescription without provider authorization. Qualified Medical Training Understanding the definitions of a licensed practical nurse, LPN, and a medical assistant, MA is the first step to making a factual conclusion for this case study. Support staff to the provider cannot make decisions about medication refills for patients without a direct order from the provider. This action is outside the scope of practice for an LPN or MA. Licensed Practical Nurse An LPN is a role in support of the nurse or RN, a registered Nurse usually in a skilled nursing setting such as a hospital or long-term care facility. As defined by the National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses, NFLPN, an LPN “means the performance for compensation of authorized acts of nursing which utilize specialized knowledge and skills and which meet the health needs of people in a variety of settings under the direction

A physician has the responsibility to determine the legitimacy of all work injuries and to report its finding accurately. If a physician prepares a report with the intent to use it in support of a fraudulent claim and knowingly submitted for payment under an insurance contract, the physician may be subject to fines or imprisonment and risks the possibility of having his or her medical license revoked. Presenting a claim for an item or services based on a code known to result in greater payment or submit a claim for services not medically needed is a violation of the false claim act.

The coordinated care of the patient involves organizing a Child Family and Team (CFT) meeting to facilitate the appropriate delivery of behavioral and healthcare services that meet the needs of the family. During the CFT, the patient, patient’s legal guardians, behavioral health providers, and medical team effectively communicate the appropriate delivery of healthcare and behavioral services. Updates about medical and/or behavioral concerns are faxed to the patient’s primary care physicians. In addition, case managers, clinical care managers, or family support partners make an attempt to accompany the family to the next schedule PCP appointment. This process facilitates both

At a time when patients’ health record could be accessed by almost everyone who cares for the patients, it brings to one’s attention the ideals proposed by Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, and the other philosophers and ethicists (McGonigle & Mastrian, 2015). One has to understand though, that in spite of the great headway that the Health Information Technology (HIT) has come to, there are certain worldviews on “basic values that remain unchanged, the standards for living out these values will take on new meanings as professionals confront new and different moral dilemmas brought on by the adoption of technological tools for information management” (McGonigle & Mastrian, 2015, p. 68).

On Saturday, I had an opportunity to pitch the opportunity to work with a private clinician, additionally, to address his issue with medication. He pretty easily agreed; making it clear that it would likely prove ineffective in changing his belief that the medications are causing/aggravating his symptoms. I expressed the desire to locate someone that could address the medication and A&D problems. Margaret, suggested it be a psychologist, which is fine with me. If any of you know of anyone in private practice skilled in either or both area, we'd appreciate you forwarding their contact details. I would like this work to commence, ASAP.

Health care professionals took an oath to provide each patient with the highest level of quality care at the most utmost ethical level. Providers have an obligation to treat patients with respect, dignity and advance directives. To provide proper care to patient’s providers must order the right test, screening, blood work, and procedure. However, providers must also be cautious not to be unethical by ordering excessive and unnecessary test, which can be a financial burden to patients and their families.

Scheduling patients for procedures involves more than just making an appointment. The patient’s insurance, age and health are evaluated before a decision is made where to schedule them and what type of instructions they will be given before the procedure is completed. When patients are not scheduled correctly, for example, certain medicines are not held prior, the patient has a condition that disqualifies them from an outpatient setting or their insurance is not accepted at a particular facility, this result in time wasted for the physician and for the patient. The physician now has an open space on his or her schedule that will not be filed to insurance. The patient has prepared and prepped for procedure, but now has to be re-scheduled to the correct area, with correct instructions, possibly on another date and time and has to prepare and prep for the needed procedure again. Consideration must be taken to

Health care professionals often face ethical dilemmas and have to mostly rely on their own judgments when making decisions for their patients. However, the patients often have their own beliefs and decide on what kind of treatments they would like to receive for the sake of their health. As health care professionals try their best to promote the well-being of the patients, they may run into conflicts when the patients disagree with the recommended treatments and forgo any treatments to avoid more suffering and pain. This paper will delve into the issues of the right to refuse life-sustaining treatment

is outpatient care (Mckinsey Quarterly, 2008). We are now seeing an increase in patients in outpatient rather than inpatient. Though the cost of keeping a patient overnight or for an extended period of time, inpatient, is higher the drastic outpatient increase has resulted in more spending. It was estimated that in 2006 the U.S. spent $326 billion dollars on outpatient care, this is about half of the U.S healthcare systems spending. Increase in costs can also be attributed to the fact that there’s been an increase in procedures preformed on outpatients. Providers are more skilled now than ever and there’s an increase in resources, comparatively to the 90’s at least. Now we are able to diagnose patients in one visit, preform CT’s and MRI’s without set appointments, and we have more specialized practitioners.

1.The rapid progress of medical technology has saved so many lives today. However before a treatment can become therapeutic, it must pass through a series of clinical trial and experiments. The heart disease is regarded as top leading cause of death in United States. Before the transplantation of heart becomes a medical routine, some initial experimentation was performed to prove its feasibility. I believe the ethical problem presented by the initial experimentation of heart surgeries can be justified if some general rules are applied. First the patients should be fully informed about risks and benefits when they receive the experimental surgeries(informed consent). The procedure must not put him/her to a hazard much greater than already exists

Patients receiving integrated medicine for their health care needs should feel that they are not a burden. it is ethical to make sure that the patient safety is observed during transport for additional services. Making sure that patient privacy and confidentiality is protected from unauthorized use or view. Perhaps the most important would be informed consent, the patient is aware of procedures necessary and that the patient has signed the authorization. "While your professional staff might not agree with what your patients do, they will still expect you to honor their autonomy and to make sure accurate diagnosis of their condition Morrison, 2011)."

The patient-physician relationship is either contractual (where the physician mutually agrees to provide medical services to the patient) or consensual (where patient seeks the Physician and the Physician accepts the patient with knowledge and consent). This relationship continues irrespective of who pay’s to the patient care, so, all patients are equally treated regardless of their economic status (Steiner, 2013). The principal need of a dedicated doctor is to consider the wellbeing and prosperity of the patient. In a doctor-patient alliance, there is impressive therapeutic power that enhances the quality and health condition of a patient where doctors help clear their doubt, fear, and confusion of illness therby, being a valued blessing in human lives (Raina, 2014).

AIDS is potentially the most viral disease globally. Millions of individuals retrieve this virus every year, unaware of the effects that could possibly lead to mortality. Consequently, developing countries cannot afford these expensive vaccines to reduce the production of AIDS, resulting in an increase in death rates. There is still a shortage of experts in the field of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), for doctors are still hesitant in treating infected patients. Fauci (2003) argues that HIV replicates in the lymphoid tissue of all infected individuals. He states that if we attack this virus ahead of time, more individuals would have a lower chance of mortality. The ethical issues discussed in this paper affect the relationship between doctor-to-patient

Every year, hundreds of thousands of Americans visit a health care facility with a medical issue. Some of these visits transitioned into an inpatient or outpatient hospital stay. In the not too distant past, patients would stay in that facility until the medical staff were certain that their patient was on an effective, recovery path. However, times have changed (Dunn and Becker). Patients are still admitted to the hospital, however, the amount of time most patients stay has been greatly reduced due to the financial ramifications of a hospital stay. While reduced hospital stay may appear to be beneficial to both the patient and the medical staff, quite the opposite effects have occurred. Accurate and effective patient care requires quality time from both the medical staff and patient. Without this adequate time, medical errors are apt to occur.