Abstract
Serving Two Masters: Medical Practice vs Administrative Ethics
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Others worry about the effect lying would have on trust on the patient-physician relationship.[5]
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1998, 39% of the physician sample admitted to exaggerating the severity of patients’ conditions, changing official billing diagnoses, and documenting nonexistent symptoms—all to gain additional benefits for patients.[3]. Several approaches to such a dilemma have been articulated. From opposed perspectives, the winners of this year’s contest argue that miscoding is unethical because of its effect on the “medical commons” (Dena Rifkin) and that miscoding is sometimes justifiable based on the role society accords physicians (Greg Webster) On reading these essays, we hope readers will be better equipped to answer this question for themselves
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