The amount of reimbursement hospitals receive will be tied to physicians' ability to communicate with patients, manage their pain, and explain medications, as a result of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS)'s Hospital Value-based Purchasing Program, which will affect Medicare reimbursements as of October 2012, notes Marshall H. Chin, MD, MPH, Richard Parrillo Family Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago.
"We are not completely sure what happened at this time. We are investigating, and will let you know what we learn as soon as possible."
Is it ethical for a physician to pray with a patient? The question that should be asked instead is, "On what grounds would praying with a patient be ethically problematic?"
