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Physician Patterns in the Provision of Health Care to Their Own Employees-Reply
Randy A. Sansone, MD;
Lori A. Sansone, MD
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine Tulsa Michael W. Wiederman, Ball State University Muncie, Ind
Arch Fam Med. 1996;5(2):69.
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In reply
We wish to thank Gebhartson fOlson forto the potential boundary dilemmas that may occur when physicianstheir employees. They underscore the potentialplications and ramifications that occur when employeeshe option of receiving health care from their employing physician within an HMO context. Second, the authors broach the issue of providing services without cost to employees, which might be construed as a formal employee health plan, and the concern about needing to continue these services under the current COBRA regulations.
The historic patternviding health care to employeesolved primarily because of convenience, lack of availability of other physicians to provide services to employees, and the implication of an employee benefit. As the practice of medicine continues to evolve, the role of liability, reimbursement styles, HMO practice formats, and the related boundary dilemmas (both physical and psychological)nue to evolve. We believe that the issue of providing health care to employees warrants periodic revisiting by primary
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