Re: Is it ethical to charge for a wrong diagnosis?

On Tue 27 May 2008 05:34:54, The Real Bev wrote:

spammer wrote:

The Real Bev <bashley101+use...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
spammer wrote:
It's not a fee per correct diagnosis, it's a fee for service.
It's ethical.

A certain amount of professionalism is implied in order for it
to be an actual "service". If the guy is incompetent and
couldn't diagnose his way out of a wet paper bag, the
professionalism is questionable.

Somebody had to be at the bottom of his graduating class. Does
he get to charge as much as the guy who actually knows what he's
doing?

Yes, he does have the right to charge whatever the market will
bear, whether he's good at what he does or not. The rest is left
to proffesional organizations, customers returning, references,
personal ethics, etc.

Can anyone remember when somebody actually got his/her license
yanked for something so egregiously wrong that any sane person
would think he/she deserved jail time?

A local children's dentist knocked out the kids so she could cram
more in per hour, had the receptionist do the anaesthesiology,
tried to keep out the paramedics who were called when one of her
patients stopped breathing in the chair (permanent brain damage),
and drank on the job.

She was sentenced to working under the supervision of another
dentist for a year and some amount of community service. AA too,
maybe. And that case made local headlines for months.

The hospital where my mom died has been billing me for ~$200 for a
year now. They claim they weren't paid enough by medicare and
blue cross and I claim that if their paperwork is screwed up
(everything should have been covered) it's not our fault. No, I
won't pay for that "professional service". If they want it
they're going to have to haul me into court and convince a judge
that I owe them money.

We can comparison-shop for lots of stuff, but in most cases not
medical services. The only power we have is to say no when it's
appropriate.


Amazing!!!!! Words fail me.
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  • Re: Is it ethical to charge for a wrong diagnosis?
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  • Re: Is it ethical to charge for a wrong diagnosis?
    ... A certain amount of professionalism is implied in order for it to be an actual "service". ... If the guy is incompetent and couldn't diagnose his way out of a wet paper bag, the professionalism is questionable. ...
    (sci.med.vision)