Question

1. Case Study: Physician Treatment

Mrs. McCourt presented for several complaints over the course of three days but was found to have an infection on her finger from a pin stick while working in manure. Over the course of these three days, she was seen by Dr. Abernathy and his partner Dr. Clyde who simply cleaned the wound. When she became increasingly ill, they gave her oral antibiotics, but she subsequently became septic. An internist who was consulted diagnosed septicemia, and the patient died despite aggressive care.

Did the physician do anything wrong?

Case Study: Dementia Care

Patients with Alzheimer's disease were sitting unsupervised inside a small room of a medical psychological care facility watching the movie "Forrest Gump" for the umpteenth time. It's a great movie, and the patients seemed to enjoy it. Because of their dementia, they wouldn’t respond to traditional counseling and the facility couldn’t afford to stay in business if they weren’t billing for services. So, each time the patients sat in front of the tube watching Forrest Gump, the facility submitted insurance claims for providing "group therapy."

Did the facility do anything wrong?

Answer 1