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A 6 page discussion of a hospital’s obligation to conduct certain testing on a nineteen year old student who, although of legal age, was covered under her parent’s HMO. The HMO subsequently refused to pay the bill and the parents objected to the fact that the hospital
failed to inform them that their daughter was seeking treatment,
contending that they would have refused the extensive testing because
they were familiar with their daughter’s history of migraines and that
her symptoms on the night in question did not constitute anything out of
the ordinary. The hospital contends that because the daughter was of
legal age her agreement to the testing regime constituted informed
consent. The hospital also contends, however, that even if they had of
been aware of the parent’s potential objections they would have
conducted the tests because their primary responsibility was to the
patient. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Page Count:
6 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AM2_PPmedCn2.rtf
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Susan G. Smith, Dir. of Quality Management and Regulatory Affairs From: Paula S. Herrington, Dir, of Billing and Customer Affairs
Date: 28 Mar 2003 An unfortunate incident has recently
arisen in regard to the hospitals provision of services to a nineteen year old female who is covered under her parents HMO plan. The patient, a college student, presented
to the Emergency Room with a severe and debilitating headache. As is typically the case with such symptoms, a CAT scan was performed to rule out potentially fatal complications.
Fortunately the CAT scan was negative but the HMO refused to pay for the procedure and consequently the parents of the student have been left liable for the $2,000
bill. Understandably, the parents are concerned with having to pay this bill. They contend that they should have been notified that their daughter was in the Emergency Room
and that their permission should have been obtained prior to performing the extensive testing regime, a regime which they say they would have declined given their knowledge of the fact
that the pain their daughter was experiencing was not that atypical and was obviously the result of the fact that she was going through finals.
Although it is certainly unfortunate that the parents in this case have been left with an astronomical bill for services, our ethical and medical responsibility is with the
patient. The testing regime which was performed is, in actuality, quite standard in such cases. Even with the knowledge that the patient had a history of migraines, such
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