Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 278, 30 September 1913 — Page 10

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. TUESDAY, SEPT. 30, 1913

HOW FEE -SPLITTING IS DONE TO STEAL THE VICTIM'S COIN y' (Continued from Page 1.)

objectionable.1 Where a surgeon submits a bill to cover entire cost of case and allows the practitioner a share with the : consent of the patient, of course no harm is done. But real fee splitting la a secret bargain entered into by surgeon and practitlonef ywhereby unknown to the patient the - practitioner receives a percentage of the fee, not for any work done, but simply for 'referring the patient." : Fee splitting is attended by many ; vila. One surgeon will obtain a monopoly of the work by offering a high

er percentage than another surgeon can afford. He may be less competent than his competitors, but secures the bulk of the practice because he buys it from the practitioners. Oi;ntimes he will charge exorbitant rates in order to have a fee big enough to split. By monopolizing the business he wields a tremendous influence over

physicians in his community. When a patient finds he needs an operation he will naturally demand that the best known surgeon do the work. This ties up honest practitioners to a dishonest surgeon. Working the Game. Where fee splitting becomes the rule, the practitioners guilty will find many ways of holding up an honest Surgeon. The practitioner sometimes Will make a charge to cover the entire expense of operation and treatment, telling the patient that the surgeon is to receive $200. But when he comes to settle with the surgeon, he pays him only $100 and keeps the balance. The surgeon believes the patient has paid him only $100, the patient believes he has paid the surgeon $200. Th practitioner has stolen $100. Oftentimes fee splitting will cause operations that are unnecessary. Vfhere , practitioner : refers a case for operation the surgeon is compelled to operate even if he knows it is not

operable .because he cannot afford to

dissatisfy a man who sends him so much business. I If a Burgeon Is giving one half his

feet to practitioners, he becomes hard

pressed In order to make the usual surgeons Income. Because of that he Hi b tempted to operate cases not needing ft in order to get the fee for bimself. Fee Splitting Grows. ; A surgeon not dividing fees will sometimes be forced to divide because

taf his pressing need. He is receiving feoIitfle : trade because of a competing surgeon who has monopolized the business, he yields at last to temptation to divide because of his financial needs. Fee splitting will thus grow

by what it feeds upon.

J This tends in the long run to raise ntne price of surgery. To have a suffi

cient payment for work done after , ie practitioner has received his .share, surgeons gradually will raise their prices. Where a surgeon has made a- reputation because of the amount of work fee splitting has brought him, he becomes able to extort nigh fees. He uses a reputation dishonestly gained as a club to use on patients. Where a practitioner receives a dif vision his money is obtained by fals

representations. Fee splitting is the result of a gradual evolution from a practice once innocent,. In the period when specialists were first differentiated from regular practitioners, the attending physician was often engaged as assistant. In

Ltaat case the fee sometimes was dir .' Ann P lhA f .1. J!

vision iof function among doctors, this nowhas become an evil. . - IxKsail physicians are demanding drastiq action. They believe the practice should be given adequate publicity. vIn this way they hope laymen will be on the lookout and demand that the practitioner submit a separate and timezide bill. If it cannot be checked any other way, they will not hesitate to advocate a state law, making the practice a misdemeanor.

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Expenditures This Week the Largest in History.

The expenditures of the city during this week are expected to be $15,000, the largest amount ever paid out in one week during the present administration. Of this amount, $3,000 will be paid for 1902 bonds which mature

October 1. The city hydrant rental

jof $7,846 is due Oct. 1, although this

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