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Protect your organization when donating services
11/20/2006
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From time to time, radiologists are asked to donate their medical services. They might be asked to interpret films at a mammography screening event, or staff a public clinic. Volunteer activity like this is beneficial for both the patients served and for your facility's reputation. Plus, it probably makes you feel good.
渐渐的,放疗师被要求提供它们的医疗服务。可能要他们在早期胸部肿瘤X射线透视法中解释片子,或者公众教学。像就有利于病人又有利于你团体组织声誉的志愿活动。加上,这会让你飘飘然。
But if you're not careful, donating medical services can lead to problems. The following tips will help keep your facility out of hot water.
如果你不小心,提供医疗服务会引来麻烦。下面的建议可以让你避免麻烦。
Kickbacks反扑

In certain situations, donating your medical services could be considered a kickback. If you ever encounter a situation in which someone wants you to donate free services in return for the referral of paying patients -- in particular, Medicare and Medicaid patients -- you should decline.
在一定情况下,提供医疗服务应考虑到反扑。如果你从未碰到过有人为了回报介绍人,要你提供免费服务给需要支付的病人,特别的医疗保险的和医疗补助方案的病人,你应该婉谢。
Consider the following example: A family practice that sends a large number of patients to your practice sponsors a health fair at a retirement home that offers mammography screenings.
考虑一下这个例子:一个家庭医疗送来很多病人给你实习发起者,在退休家庭护理健康活动中提早期胸部肿瘤X射线透视法。
Your radiologist attends the fair to assist in interpreting these screening tests. Neither you nor the family practice will bill Medicare or any other payer for the services performed at the fair, and the family practice won't be compensating your practice or the radiologist for their time.
你们的放疗师参与并提供了解释和检查。不管是你还是家庭医疗在活动中不会管医疗保险制度或者提供服务的补偿,家庭医疗也不会补偿你和放疗师。
However, if there's an indication that your radiologist's participation at the fair is part of a quid pro quo -- that is, the participation is in exchange for the family practice's referral of Medicare patients to your practice -- then both your practice and the family practice could be charged with violating the antikickback law.
然而,如果在入狱前这里有指征你的放疗是的参与是活动的一分子。那么你的工作和家庭医疗都会被控违反了反反扑法。
Make sure malpractice insurance covers you
确定你的医疗事故保险能保护你
Physicians are often shocked when, after donating free medical services to a needy patient, that patient turns around and sues them for malpractice -- but it happens. You owe every patient you treat the same duty of care and the benefit of your best medical judgment. And the patient you treated for free has the same right to sue you as any other patient.
在医生们给那些需要治疗的病人免费义诊后,当病人回过头控诉医生医疗事故时医生们常常感到震惊。你欠任何一你治疗的病人同样的照顾责任和你最好的医学判断的益处你给了免费治疗的病人和其他病人一样有权利控诉你。
Before you agree to donate your medical services, make sure that you have the time and inclination to give these nonpaying patients exactly the same care that you would give your regular patients. Most important, make sure that your malpractice insurance covers these donated medical services.
在你同意提供免费医疗服务前,确信你有时间和愿望给那些无力支付的病人就像你常规病人得到的同样的治疗。最重要的是确保你的医疗事故保险涵盖了免费医疗服务。
If you'll be performing the donated medical services in your office or at the hospital where you normally work, and the services are typical of those that you perform in your regular practice, then malpractice coverage shouldn't be an issue.
如果你要在你平常工作的办公室或者医院里免费医疗活动,这些服务也是在你常规实习中的典型的服务,那么医疗事故范围不是问题。
However, your insurance may not cover your services in certain situations (for example, if you plan to perform the services offsite, such as at a retirement home health fair, or if the services aren't typical of the services you perform in your practice).
然而,在一些情况下,你的保险可能不包括你的服务(例如,你打算服务,像在退休家庭护理健康活动中,或者在实际中这个服务不是典型的)
Check your policy before you agree to donate medical services to see if limitations might affect your coverage for them. If you think your policy might not cover your services, write your malpractice insurer a letter.
在你同意捐赠服务前,查阅你们的政策,看看是否有限制影响你的范围。如果你认为你的政策不包括你的服务,就给医疗事故保险公司写信。
Direct the letter to your practice representative so that it will get attention. (See the sample letter below that you can use in your practice.) Like the sample letter, the letter you send to your malpractice insurer should do the following:
直接给你的医生代表写信,这样能够得到关注(看看下面的例信)像例信一样,你要保你的信寄给你的医疗事故保险公司,按照以下步骤:
Identify the sponsor of the volunteer activity.
鉴别志愿活动的发起者。
Explain exactly what medical services you plan to provide.
准确说明你要提供的医疗捐赠
Disclose where and when you'll be performing the medical services.
显示你谨向捐赠的地点和时间
Ask the insurer to give you a written verification of coverage and an explanation of any limitations on coverage. 向保险公司索求一份保险范围的书面证明和有关限制的解释。
Keep a copy of the letter you send to the insurer in your files. If you don't get a response within about 10 days, call the representative to let them know you're waiting for a response, and send another letter by certified mail with return receipt requested. Be sure to have the insurer's written verification of coverage before you perform any donated medical services.
保留一份在你给保险公司文件中的信的副本。如果你在10天内没有得到答复,给代表打电话告诉他们你在等答复,寄另外一封有需求收据的保证邮件。在你进行医疗捐赠前,确认有保险公司书面证明的范围。
Sample letter
例信
Here's a letter that you can adapt and send to your malpractice insurer, asking the insurer to verify coverage for your proposed volunteer activity. Direct the letter to your practice representative -- that helps ensure that your letter won't get "lost."
这里有封信,你可以改编寄给你的医疗事故保险公司,为你计划地志愿活动询问保险公司保险范围
The following sample is excerpted from The Radiology Manager's Handbook: Tools and Best Practices for Business Success, published by HCPro.
下面的事例摘自放射管理员日记:商业成功的工具和最好的实践,HCPro出版
[Date][日期]

Re: Policy # A7890回复:政策# A7890

Dear Practice Representative:亲爱的医生代表

Main Street Family Practice is sponsoring a health fair for the residents of the Anytown Retirement Home on Thursday, December 14, 2007. The fair will take place at the retirement home at 123 Willow St. I plan to offer my professional services onsite at the health fair to provide interpretation of osteoporosis screenings and other radiological services.
主要的社区家庭医疗是一个于2007年12月14 日,星期三,正在发起的给任何住户的城镇退休家庭护理的健康活动。
Kindly send me written verification that my malpractice insurance policy, referenced above, will cover me in the event of a lawsuit arising out of my activities at the health fair. Please include an explanation of any limitation on my coverage.
参考上面所有的事情,寄给我一份鉴定,在医疗事故保险单中包括起因于在健康事件活动引起的控诉。请包括在范围内有关任何限制的解释。
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. 谢谢你关注这种事件
Yours truly,

Roger Rad, M.D.地址
ABC Radiology

By Kelly Bilodeau 捐赠者
AuntMinnie.com contributing writer
November 20, 2006 时间

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一度,放射科医生被要求去奉献他们的医疗服务。他们可能会被要求以乳房造影法筛选病历形式解释胶片,或者提供公开的临床教学。像这样的志愿者活动,对于病人服务质量和所在医疗机构声誉都是有益的。但是如果你不够细心的话,无偿医疗服务是可以导致问题发生的。下面的一些劝告将帮助你的机构免于麻烦缠身。
1.回扣:
在某些特定情况下,无偿医疗服务可能被认为是一种回扣。如果你曾经遇到一种情形,某人想让你奉献免费服务,以给你重新工作安排作为回报,特别是医疗保险和医疗补助病人,这时你要婉言谢绝。考虑一下下面的例子:一家向你的医疗机构输送大量病人的家庭医疗单位,在一家提供乳房造影法筛选的退休家庭护理单位,发起了一个健康博览会。你的放射科医生参加了这次会议,在解释这些筛选检查方面提供帮助。你的单位和那家家庭医疗单位都不会为医疗护理或者其它的用于在此次会议上实施的服务赔偿项目开账单,同时,那家家庭医疗单位也将不回补偿你的单位或者你的放射科医生的时间。然而,如果有征象表明你的放射科医生参加这次会议,是下狱前的一磅的一部分,这就是说,这次参加是让家庭医疗机构向你单位输送更多病人的一种交换,那么你的单位和家庭医疗单位都会被控告犯有违抗反回扣法。
2.确保医疗事故保险保护你
医师经常震惊,当给贫穷的病人提供免费医疗服务后,那个病人转身就告他们治疗失当,但是这确实发生着。你给每个病人相同的护理责任心,你最好的医学判断]援助,但你你好像就是欠他们的。你免费医治的病人拥有和其他病人相同的权利去控告你。在你通体去提供你的医疗服务前,确保你有时间和意愿把和常规病人完全一样的护理,给与这些无力付款的病人。最重要的是,确保你的医疗事故保险能保护这些无偿
3.医疗服务。
如果你将要在你的办公室或者你正常工作的医院,实施无偿医疗服务,同时服务是那些你在非常规工作场所实施项目中的典型,那时医疗事故保险范围不会是个问题。然而,你的保险可能不会覆盖在某些特定场合的服务,(例如如果你打算去实施装置外的服务,像在退休家庭护理健康会议上,或者如果这些服务不是你在自己单位的实施项目)在你同意提供免费医疗服务之前,核对你的保险单,看是否局限性会影响覆盖范围。如果你认为保险单无法覆盖你的服务,那么给你的医疗事故保险公司写封信。直接把信件给你的行医代表,以便得到关注。(看看你能在你的单位使用的信件样本)仿照像这样的样本信件,你投往你的医疗事故保险公司的信件应该按以下进行:鉴定自愿活动的发起者,解释你确实要提供的医疗服务项目。显示何时、何地你将实施你的医疗服务。要求保险公司给你一份书面的保险范围证明,以及一份关于任何覆盖范围局限性的解释材料。在你的文件夹中,保存一份发送给保险公司的信件复印件。如果你在大约十天内没有得到回应,给代表打电话,让他们知道你在等待回信,同时发送另外一封带有有求返回收据的保证邮件。在实施任何医疗服务前,确保获得保险公司保险范围的书面证明。
4.信件样本
这有一封信件,你能改编之后发给你的医疗事故保险公司,用以要求保险公司给予你计划进行的自愿活动的保险范围证明。把信件直接给你的行医代表,这会确保你的信件不会丢失。下面的样本是从放射科主任的手册中摘录的:业务成功的工具和最好经验,HC教授发表。
日期
题:保险单
尊敬的行医代表:
主街道家庭医疗正发起一项健康会议,这项用于任何镇居民的退休家庭护理会议,将会在2007年12月14日召开。会议地址为退休家庭护理,willow大街123号。在这次会议上,我打算去提供我的专业技术服务,具体是关于骨质疏松筛选和别的放射学服务方面的阐述。希望您能发给我一份书面证明,是关于我的医疗事故保险的,参考以上内容,将能在起于健康会议上的活动控诉事件中保护我。请给予我保险范围的任何局限性方面解释。谢谢您能快速的关注这封信件
你的 Roger Rad,医学博士
ABC放射学

Kelly Bilodeau书写
邮件地址
2006-11-20

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