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• Doctors order tests to fend off lawsuits, says study

  Wed Feb 16, 2011
  • I know, every day we are giving more ICD-9 codes and use the screening V codes as appropriate and there is a lot of time spent going back and forth and we now have a dedicated full time employee to handle those issues.

• Doctors order tests to fend off lawsuits, says study

  Wed Feb 16, 2011
  • Jon, that is a very good explaination of laboratory regulations and billing practices. Maybe some of these people will read it and become better informed.

• Doctors order tests to fend off lawsuits, says study

  Wed Feb 16, 2011
  • Well 2 days later you could be pregnant!

• Doctors order tests to fend off lawsuits, says study

  Wed Feb 16, 2011
  • Terry - I guess you were suprised to learn the doctor receives nothing!!

• Doctors order tests to fend off lawsuits, says study

  Wed Feb 16, 2011
  • I get $0.00 for ordering tests, if fact, I have to spend longer hours at the office reviewing any and all tests I do order after a full day of treating patients, dealing with prescription denials, paperwork and phone calls.

• Doctors order tests to fend off lawsuits, says study

  Wed Feb 16, 2011
  • I an a family practice doctor and work in an office and not a hospital so I guess Quest Labs is making all the money on the tests I order and the hospital is making money on xrays. It certainly is not me or my practice.

• Doctors order tests to fend off lawsuits, says study

  Wed Feb 16, 2011
  • Kyle I just do not understand where you and all the other people on here with your opinion get their information. Are you a doctor? Are you a doctor's employer? Do you have a family member who is a doctor that is telling you this crap??? Doctor's DO NOT get money for ordering tests.

• Doctors order tests to fend off lawsuits, says study

  Wed Feb 16, 2011
  • Cherie, what are you talking about and where do you get your information because you are incorrect!

• Doctors order tests to fend off lawsuits, says study

  Wed Feb 16, 2011
  • I'd like Brian to tell me how, as a doctor, I can get into an insurance company's pocket? And that means I will actually get paid or reimbursed for my work! Ridiculous!! Where is the general public getting these absurd ideas that doctors are in cahoots with labs and insurance companies! He's …

• Doctors order tests to fend off lawsuits, says study

  Wed Feb 16, 2011
  • OMG, I can't believe you think doctors are making money from testing and the insurance companies are being taken advantage of! You obviously don't know how the medical system works. And if you are so concerned, you can refusse to have a test done that you just had done 2 days prior!