{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The Ethical Nag","provider_url":"http:\/\/ethicalnag.org","author_name":"Carolyn Thomas","author_url":"https:\/\/ethicalnag.org\/author\/czthomas\/","title":"Remedial training for neurosurgeons: “Don’t bill for procedures you didn’t do!”","type":"link","html":"When the Oregon Medical Board sanctioned him for offenses like \"performing medically unnecessary procedures without obtaining patient consent\", his punishment was to enroll in a remedial billing course.  Controversial doctors are often known to their peers and even to the government, which compiles a confidential database of physician sanctions. But do their patients know about this?","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/carolynthomas.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/06\/makkar.jpg?fit=440%2C330","thumbnail_height":293,"thumbnail_width":440}