Ubiq,
“IVe since hinted to patients to exaggerate their symptoms, Its easy to get a CT scan in ED, though I hope you appreciate the absurdity of this suggestion, Lie, commit insurance fraud to get Health care you have paid for already’
– Its the way the system is set up, if the provider believes that this is an urgent matter, they can send the pt for the scan. I doubt that this would be considered insurance fraud.
In fact, PCPs send pts frequently to the ED for quicker and more convenient management. Despite the fact that at times these pts can adequately be managed outpatient.