2006-12-22 06:26:03 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
I just wasnt sure from a legality point, some states you cant, and other people i know were on the fence if you could or couldnt!
2006-12-22 06:37:56 · update #1
Yes absolutely a physician can treat a spouse or other family members. We are licensed to practice medicine. Where the rub comes in is with billing of treatment to third party insurance companies. Some will not approve payment for services to a spouse beccause of potential for billing of services not rendered or that were not necessary. (fraud prevention)
This may be also overridden by a consultant physician not related to you confering that the treatments done were in fact medically necessary and sending the written statement from the consulting physician along with the billing. Depending on the state that you live in and the insurance company being billed, there will be certain hoops to jump through for verify billings to a third party.
Most physicians I know do not bill their spouses treatment out ..they just do the work unless there is a cost to the treatment that was obviously too expensive to let slide..... example : Chemotherapy can cost upwards of $5,000.00 per injection. You might not want to absorb 12 of those a year. The answer to your question though is yes... they are allowed to treat them.
hope that helps
2006-12-22 07:51:46 · answer #1 · answered by Bob 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Technically it can be a conflict of interest, but most doctors will take care of their family. My dad's a doctor, and the only times I've actually went to the doctor is when we thought I broke my ankle and he was in New Zealand, when I broke my hand in a car crash and had to have surgery, going to the gynecologist, and when I was 5 hours away at school and once again thought I broke my ankle. Otherwise, he's taken care of every illness!
2006-12-22 14:36:42 · answer #2 · answered by S23 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that it's encouraged. Most doctors wont' treat their own family for major things.
2006-12-22 14:28:26 · answer #3 · answered by Melissa J 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I play the Ob/Gyn with my wife
2006-12-22 14:28:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes!
2006-12-22 14:28:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why Not? Can a lawyer represent his or her spouse? Sure. Why would you think otherwise.
2006-12-22 14:33:46 · answer #6 · answered by Mitch R 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't see why not. That would be pretty cool, not to have some stranger alway checking out your whoo-whoo.
2006-12-22 14:28:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course!
2006-12-22 14:33:36 · answer #8 · answered by danika1066 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋