Abstract
Objective: The aims of this paper were to identify a conflict between psychiatrists' obligations regarding patient confidentiality and Medicare's auditing procedures, and to examine potential resolutions to the conflict. Conclusion: While it is reasonable for Medicare, as a taxpayer-funded instrumentality, to require documentary evidence to substantiate and justify claims, such a requirement constitutes a significant breach of patient confidentiality. Obtaining patient consent appears to be the only ethical resolution of the issue.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 489-492 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Australasian Psychiatry |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2011 |
Keywords
- Confidentiality
- Ethics
- Medicare, psychiatry
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