01/09/2024    

RESPONSES/COMMENTS (MEDICAL-LEGAL) - PART 2 A

RE: Nerve Biopsies from the Thigh (Ivar Roth, DPM, MPH)

From: Richard J. Manolian, DPM

 

Assuming you can do a thigh biopsy in California, is that the best place to do a biopsy for diagnosis of peripheral neuropathy? The answer is no. Next question is when you implant this device, completely out of the scope of your practice, will your malpractice carrier cover you? The answer is no.

 

Again, I ask when you post such things, why would a patient pay out-of-pocket for this in your office when an actual pain specialist or neurosurgeon will be covered by their insurance? The answer, well you get it by now. If I’m wrong, somebody please elucidate! 

 

Richard J. Manolian, DPM, Boston, MA

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