Procedural Rerimbursement?

[prominence]

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can you specialize as a physician who soley performs euthanasia (i.e physician assisted suicide), in the state of Oregon?

also, is euthanasia reimbursed by insurance companies in Oregon?

 

[Winged Scapula]

can you specialize as a physician who soley performs euthanasia (i.e physician assisted suicide), in the state of Oregon?

also, is euthanasia reimbursed by insurance companies in Oregon?

Are there that many people in Oregon that wish to have themselves killed that you could make a living at it? 🙁

 

[NinerNiner999]

wow.

 

[randomedstudent]

can you specialize as a physician who soley performs euthanasia (i.e physician assisted suicide), in the state of Oregon?

also, is euthanasia reimbursed by insurance companies in Oregon?

Assuming you are not joking (which I hope you are)....I honestly don't know as I am not from oregon and not familiar with the details of their laws, however I believe that in recent years fewer than 100 people chose to take advantage of this law. So even if it were possible you would likely not be able to "perform" enough of these "procedures" to make a decent living (or at least one that even approaches that of most doctors).

 

[deleted87716]

is euthanasia reimbursed by insurance companies in Oregon?

I doubt it; you should probably get your patients to sign a waiver before you kill them.

Then again, I'd probably recommend they pay in advance...you could have difficulty with collections, otherwise. 🙄

 

[Winged Scapula]

As I was going through my pile of journals, came across JAMA, April 26, 2006 - it has a commentary about Physician Assisted Suicide. Thought the OP might be interested.

 

[f_w]

Your patients are most likely going to be geographically dispersed. It would probably be most efficient to load the tools of your trade (a Thanatron and a multiple access bottle of Thiobarb) into a vehicle (e.g. a VW van) and travel the countryside.