Abortion Miscoding—Legal Risks for Clinicians and Hospital Systems

Author:

Chary Sravya1,Pacia Danielle2,Shachar Carmel3

Affiliation:

1. Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, Massachusetts

2. The Hastings Center, Garrison, New York

3. The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Abstract

This Viewpoint discusses the legal risks physicians and health care facilities may incur by miscoding a surgical or chemical abortion as a miscarriage to conceal an abortion procedure.

Publisher

American Medical Association (AMA)

Subject

General Medicine

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4. Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization, 597 US_(2022). Accessed May 16, 2023.? https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/19-1392_6j37.pdf

5. False Claims Act, 31 USC §§3729-3733 (1863). Accessed May 16, 2023.? https://www.justice.gov/civil/false-claims-act

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