APTA Code Of Ethics Model
APTA Core Ethics and the RIPS Model
The APTA Code of Ethics and Standards for Practice has been my moral compass and my premise in having a sound practice of physical therapy.
I am no stranger to the many changes that has occurred in healthcare throughout the 14 years of my practice here in the United States. The tasks of delivering patient care have become challenging and at times complicated by ethical dilemmas brought by either medical insurance, pressure from management, or time constraints. I have worked for companies and facilities who value their reimbursements more than the patient’s needs. Granted that health care has become a business, our patients and their families cannot be just numbers that we should meet. Time and time again, …show more content…
Though I have been told it should be up to my discretion for these situations, why are therapists still being continually placed in this position to be tested to conform or …show more content…
The witnesses need to have moral courage (individual process) to speak up and be the patient’s advocate because this is a clear cut violation of patient’s rights and is a problem (situation) for all parties involved. The major stakeholders in this scenario are the physical therapists, facility and insurance company. Taking action which the therapists did by telling their manager made sure that this fraudulent action stops right away before it gets worse. There were laws broken and ethical principles 2, 4, 5 and 7 in the are compromised as well as the core values professional duty, integrity, accountability. It was no doubt that the answer is yes to all the right-versus-wrong tests. In all things considered, the patient’s rights needed to be protected. The employee was let go and the billing for the said patient was retracted. Since it was never found out when this behavior started, no further corrections in previous billings were made. To prevent future acts of fraud to occur, a company-wide review of the policies regarding proper input of billing in real time and accurate punch time in and out was
The APTA Code of Ethics and Standards for Practice has been my moral compass and my premise in having a sound practice of physical therapy.
I am no stranger to the many changes that has occurred in healthcare throughout the 14 years of my practice here in the United States. The tasks of delivering patient care have become challenging and at times complicated by ethical dilemmas brought by either medical insurance, pressure from management, or time constraints. I have worked for companies and facilities who value their reimbursements more than the patient’s needs. Granted that health care has become a business, our patients and their families cannot be just numbers that we should meet. Time and time again, …show more content…
Though I have been told it should be up to my discretion for these situations, why are therapists still being continually placed in this position to be tested to conform or …show more content…
The witnesses need to have moral courage (individual process) to speak up and be the patient’s advocate because this is a clear cut violation of patient’s rights and is a problem (situation) for all parties involved. The major stakeholders in this scenario are the physical therapists, facility and insurance company. Taking action which the therapists did by telling their manager made sure that this fraudulent action stops right away before it gets worse. There were laws broken and ethical principles 2, 4, 5 and 7 in the are compromised as well as the core values professional duty, integrity, accountability. It was no doubt that the answer is yes to all the right-versus-wrong tests. In all things considered, the patient’s rights needed to be protected. The employee was let go and the billing for the said patient was retracted. Since it was never found out when this behavior started, no further corrections in previous billings were made. To prevent future acts of fraud to occur, a company-wide review of the policies regarding proper input of billing in real time and accurate punch time in and out was