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http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13340883&BRD=2311&PAG=461&dept_id=482260&rfi=6
Pennsylvania Doctors Now Protected From Persecution For Treating Lyme
A blow to the insurance lobbyists who would rather leave people sick.
HARRISBURG — Legislation that would protect physicians from professional misconduct proceedings solely for prescribing therapy for Lyme disease was approved by the state House of Representatives, said the bill’s sponsor, state Rep. Merle Phillips, R-108.
“Lyme disease is a difficult disease to diagnose and a complicated disease to treat,” Phillips said. “Because of this, physicians may be reluctant to treat Lyme disease due to the potential for disciplinary action, even if they are practicing medicine with the best resources and information available to them.”
House Bill 1977 would prohibit disciplinary action from being filed if diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease is documented in a patient’s medical record. To bring disciplinary action against a physician for mistreatment of Lyme disease, a complaint filed against a physician must contain a statement of facts sufficient to allow proper judicial determination whether charges are proper. A copy of the complaint must be provided to the physician charged with the complaint and must contain the identity of the experts called by the board to testify in the case.
The bill also requires health insurance policies to cover prescribed treatment for Lyme disease if the diagnosis and treatment plan for the disease is prescribed by the patient’s attending physician and documented in the patient’s medical record.
Phillips said he has heard from more than a hundred residents who have struggled financially and physically because their insurance companies will not cover certain treatments for lyme disease.
The legislation now moves to the state Senate for consideration.
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