Physician Takes Aim at First Amendment
Posted on June 10, 2008 in Medical care
Doctors and their allies are taking aim squarely at their patients. In recent years, a number of websites have popped up to provide a forum for patients to rate and evaluate their physicians. These sites include RateMDs.com, HealthGrades.com, DrScore.com, DoctorScoreCard.com, Healthcarereviews.com, and on and on and on. Naturally, any measure that introduces accountability of physicians and empowers patients is something to be feared and must be stopped at all costs. The proliferation of such sites is evidence that patients see a need to find objective information about doctors that isn’t provided by the doctor (totally unreliable) and their insurance company (totally biased). Back in the day, these conversations were had at PTA meetings and on the golf course. But in this era of technology, it’s all online and out in the open. The word is out in the physician community and Dr. Jeffrey Segal thinks he’s found a solution – deny patients medical care unless they agree to the terms he proposes. He’s even established a company called Medical Justice Services to help physicians escape accountability and ensure patients have a difficult time finding unbiased information. Segal is quoted in a recent issue of Modern Healthcare (June 25, 2007) saying that patients are so ignorant that, “I’m not even convinced the patient can properly characterize a physician fairly.” Yup, it’s the Physician-as-God complex again. Dr. Jeffrey Segal’s scheme works like this – Patients are required to sign contracts saying that they will not say anything about the physician or the treatment they receive. In exchange for which, the doctor will actually treat the patient. There’s an interesting twist in the contract in which, if the patient signs, the doctor also agrees to abide by HIPAA regulations and not sell the patient’s personal medication information to marketers. (Segal “sells” this to patients by claiming he’s “giving” the patients additional privacy protection above the law.) If a patient signs the contract and says anything about their care to anyone, the wealthy physician can go after the patient for damages. If the patient does not sign, the physician denies medical care. Simple as that. What new scheme will doctors think of next? cheap cialis generic viagra online generic cialis buy cheap cialis
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