A physician practice group realizes that there’s a software flaw causing its billings to Medicare and Medicaid to increase by 1% for each bill submitted.  Once the group realizes the flaw, it has the software fixed.  Because the amount of overbilling was only 1% and the software is now billing the correct amounts, the group decides not to inform the federal government of the overbilling.  The physician group violates the False Claims Act.

Dr. Farsight is a general practitioner and has both adult and pediatric patients.  One day Dr. Farsight forgets his glasses that he wears to address his farsightedness, meaning he has trouble seeing things close up, but decides to examine patients anyway despite a state regulation restricting the practice of medicine when the physician is experiencing a visual, physical or cognitive condition that can impact their capabilities.  He sees Timothy, a 35-year old male, for his annual medical exam.  Dr. Farsight notices a strange spot on Timothy’s arm and decides to perform a biopsy.  He doesn’t tell Timothy that he’s having trouble seeing things close up or ask Timothy what the mark might be.  Dr. Farsight sends the biopsy for testing, and the results come back: the spot is from a black permanent marker.  Timothy’s child had drawn it on his arm without Timothy noticing! If Timothy decides to file a complaint for negligence against Dr. Farsight, which NEGLIGENCE DOCTRINE would be most helpful to Timothy in proving his case?

A hospital corporation decides to purchase a physician group practice in the same geographic region.  This is considered a _________ combination Vertical Horizontal 3-Dimensional Service

When identifying the performance skills of folding laundry, which skills are most critical?

Dr. Jamison is approached by Druggie McDrugerstein Pharmaceuticals, which asks him to prescribe their new pain medication.  The pharmaceutical company offers to pay him $1 per prescription.  Dr. Jamison doesn’t see a problem with this, since it’s a small amount of money and he doesn’t prescribe the medication to anyone who doesn’t have a medical need for it.  This arrangement might violate which of the following statutes? 

Episodes in which people are inattentive to those around them because they are paying attention to their devices instead are known as phubbing (a combination of phoning and snubbing.)

What type of initiative may be necessary to increase accessibility of dental hygiene to all populations?

Dirk is an administrator at Poorly Managed Hospital (PMH).  Both his colleagues and his supervisor regularly ridicule him based on his height and weight.  Dirk asks his supervisor to stop, and to direct his colleagues to stop as well.  Rather than stopping the ridicule, all involved increase the verbal abuse.  Dirk reports his supervisor and colleagues to HR, but they ignore the report.  The abuse becomes so bad that Dirk decides to quit.  He files a lawsuit for wrongful discharge against PMH.  Will Dirk’s lawsuit be successful?

Dr. Who, a thoracic surgeon, has admitting privileges at TARDIS General Hospital (TGH).  He isn’t employed by the hospital.  Nurse Smith, employed by TGH, is a surgical nurse who assists Dr. Who in his surgeries at TGH.  Sarah Jane is undergoing thoracic surgery.  At the end of the surgery, Dr. Who asks Nurse Smith to check around the patient for any materials or instruments that might not have been collected.  Nurse Smith didn’t hear Dr. Who’s request and begins rolling Sarah Jane from the operating table onto the recovery room bed without checking for any materials or instruments on the operating table.  Unfortunately a sharp object had been left next to Sarah Jane on the operating table, and when she was rolled onto the recovery room bed the object cut her leg.  This injury necessitated additional sutures (stitches) although there was no permanent harm.  Even more unfortunate, the sharp object was Dr. Who’s personal pocket knife, which he had inexplicably removed from his pocket, opened, and left on the operating table before the surgery! Sarah Jane decides to sue Dr. Who and TGH for negligence.  Can Dr. Who be liable for negligence?  Can TGH be liable for negligence?  For both, describe why or why not.  You must refer to and apply all elements of negligence as part of your response.  (3-4 sentences)

A problem-solution pattern is an organizing pattern for a speech that describes an unsatisfactory state of affairs and the proposed plan to remedy the problem.