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The Hard-Working Therapist

Sheryl is a respiratory therapy technician in a small town in Michigan. The town has a small hospital and a small durable medical supply company. Sheryl is known locally as an entrepreneur ball of fire and has managed to become both the head of the hospital respiratory care department and the owner of the small durable medical supply company.

  1. In that most of the referrals for home care equipment from the hospital department where Sheryl works goes to her home care business, does this represent a conflict of interest?

  2. What should Sheryl do?


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