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When the ambulance drops your bullet-ridden body off at the hospital, what are reasonable expectations?
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Man, that is a pretty SPECIOUS argument from somebody who ought to know better!
Yeah, you better waive your expectations that you won't be treated NEGLIGENTLY when you show up at the hospital!
Diabetics, when you need an amputation, you better be prepared to have the WRONG LIMB sawn off, and then the correct limb once they figure out what happened, making you a DOUBLE AMPUTEE!
Back pain got you down? Goin' in for that SPINAL FUSION? Better know where to put those pedicle screws yourself!
How about some medication? Allergic? We don't know!
http://www.yerridlaw.com/verdict35.cfm
Yep, you take your life in your hands when you show up at the hospital! Overworked residents, having been up 24 hours, under the direction of a grumpy attending!
My REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS are that I'm in the hands of a competent professional who will fulfil the highest standards of the profession to save my sorry butt. And in so doing, protect his own.
I don't understand why a pre-counted tray of surgical instruments for the trauma center would be a violation of the HCFA rules. Maybe they were concerned that billing Medicare (the Health Care Financing Administration = CMS = payor for Medicare) for an entire bag of tools would be considered "overbilling?"
Just WAIT for my HCFA/Capitation/Fraud and Abuse thread, it's coming.
