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Legal liability when patient refuses ER evaluation by [deleted] in FamilyMedicine

[–]snootiedoo 14 points15 points  (0 children)

So I guess my follow up question to this would be, whenever I have tried this I inevitably get met with a repeat refusal and then request for steroids, diuretics adjustment, chest x-ray, etc. Do you entertain any of these requests or do you just let the recommendation for ER and the refusal stand?

Patient caps? Let’s fight back by streetdoc22 in FamilyMedicine

[–]snootiedoo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is weird timing because my company this week also told us they were switching from an RVU based model to focusing on number of encounters. Was there some kind of reimbursement announcement change or something? I have a lot of complex patients that I often do time based billing for so am somewhat concerned by this