Patient Dismissal

One woman's declaration of love for her physician shouldn't mean dismissal. Or should it?

Not every patient who abuses prescriptions is just out for a good time or a quick buck. Here's how to recognize prescription-abusers, and what do to do about them.

Whether you've decided to retire, relocate, or retreat from practice, you can reduce the pain for your patients and staff by following these five guidelines.

If you plan to close your practice, you must determine how to handle your medical records and who you'll select as a custodian.

Practices should work with an attorney to draft a policy for terminating the physician-patient relationship. Here is a sample to get you started.

Use this sample patient dismissal letter if a patient consistently fails to keep appointments, and you are forced to dismiss him from your practice, or for other reasons.

The practice of medicine does bring with it patient encounters that do not always turn out the way we had expected or were trained for.

When terminating a patient from your practice, the most important thing to do is avoid a claim of patient abandonment.

If you are closing your practice, you need to let patients know and advise them to find another physician. Here is a letter you can use to get the job done.

Almost every physician, at one time or another, has been the recipient of an angry outburst.

Use this letter if a patient consistently refuses to pay for services rendered, and you are forced to dismiss the patient from your practice.

You can dismiss patients from your practice - legally - if you take the right precautions