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Reply: Doc Won't Treat Patients Over 200 Pounds

Excellent point about BMI. Anyone want to tell an NFL linebacker he's fat? Didn't think so. ...

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Excellent point about BMI. Anyone want to tell an NFL linebacker he's fat? Didn't think so.

I also don't understand why it is assumed to be "safe" for staff to move an adult patient who is less than 200 lbs. I'd have trouble supporting the full weight of anyone over 150 lbs and I'm no weakling. How does she propose to handle patients who can't walk on their own and have to be lifted onto the exam table? Will she ban them as well? Might want to check the ADA first.

But, as a basic financial decision, I don't understand how this will work for the doctor:

If a new patient makes an appointment she could instruct the scheduler to ask for the patient's weight and height. But suppose the patient is off by a couple of pounds and says 195.

The patient comes into the office, is weighed and whoopsie, turns out he or she is 200 lbs. Well, the MA or RN COULD tell the patient - Sorry we can't see you - and send the patient on his way. But now, even if the patient slinks off in embarrassment, the practice (that's the doctor) has wasted the time and money required to process a new patient in (verify insurance, create a chart, staff time/salary for the same &c, &c).

Can the practice ask the patient for his co-pay? For what? The practice hasn't rendered a service and even if the patient does pay (which he SHOULD NOT), that $15 or $25 will NOT cover the expenses related to getting him in the office. Can the doctor bill the insurer for the visit? Well, she could, but it would be fraud and if she gets caught she'll be in deep doo-doo. Multiply that by a thousand if she does it to Medicare/Medicaid patients. ("The patient was too fat" is not a valid legal defense.)

As for established patients, she sure as heck better make sure they have another provider before kicking them out because if anyone dies or suffers a severe medical event, she will be sued (if she's lucky) and have her license yanked (if she's not).

At the end of the day I think what alarms me the most is the idea of someone this ignorant practicing medicine at all.View Thread

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