All the doctor has do is give them 90 days care which may vary from state to state, a referral and then terminate services. Most patients won't stay the whole 90 days with the provider and unfortunately in this case the husband is a good patient and the wife is not. When I was clinical we had to terminate some patients that treated staff badly they were never abandoned them and the provider never had any repercussions.

Karen Habel, CDA, CMBSI, CDBSI

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