Is 'Drive-By Doctoring' Legal?

Elizabeth Rosenthal’s latest article on abusive medical billing is worth a read. She details an apparently burgeoning practice of “drive-by doctoring,” where physicians and other medical professionals assist the primary physician assigned to a case and then charge exorbitant fees for their participation. When the provider is outside the patient’s network, those fees can get passed on either to insurers or to the patients themselves.

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