Let me get this straight: A doctor actually admitted that he ordered $10,000 dollars worth of medically unnecessary tests in a single day, but he’s the good guy?
Dr. Thomas Carlstrom has been keeping good notes. During a single day a few weeks ago, the Des Moines neurosurgeon, ordered about $10,000 worth of what he calls "CYA" tests. That's an acronym for "Cover Your A--" medicine. He listed MRIs, CAT scans and blood work among the tests he said were not medically necessary, but he felt he needed to order to prove he did a thorough job in case he later faced a lawsuit.
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When I become a licensed attorney, I’m going to hope and pray that someone wants to file a whistleblower against a doctor who “practices defensive medicine” by ordering medically unnecessary tests. I suspect that if doctors were afraid of getting sued for committing insurance fraud , they might decide to quit doing it.
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