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The Serpent In The Garden Of Eden: A Look At The Impact Of Physician Financial Incentive Programs And A Reconsideration Of Herdrich V. Pegram , Amy L. Cralam
The Serpent In The Garden Of Eden: A Look At The Impact Of Physician Financial Incentive Programs And A Reconsideration Of Herdrich V. Pegram , Amy L. Cralam
Journal of Law and Health
The impact of physician incentive programs is at the heart of the recent Supreme Court case Herdrich v. Pegram. In Herdrich, the patient, Cynthia Herdrich, challenged the use of a common incentive structure that allowed physicians to profit from decreased utilization of expensive medical procedures.' Ms. Herdrich alleged that the use of these incentive programs created a conflict of interest for her treating physician and that conflict of interest caused a misdiagnosis of her appendicitis." The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with Ms. Herdrich but was later overruled by the Supreme Court. This article suggests that Herdrich v. Pegram …