tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425732352511468694.post1768625094660088579..comments2023-08-20T04:55:39.436-07:00Comments on Ars Psychiatrica: Entitlements High and LowNovalishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10501890494890617030noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425732352511468694.post-42238783539397740692010-09-16T07:22:21.301-07:002010-09-16T07:22:21.301-07:00Wow, talk about a conflict of interest...Wow, talk about a conflict of interest...Novalishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10501890494890617030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425732352511468694.post-77697487064977636062010-09-16T06:29:51.649-07:002010-09-16T06:29:51.649-07:00A few years ago, a local attorney who has a practi...A few years ago, a local attorney who has a practice concentrated in social security disability tried to convince me to provide assessments for his clients. Payment would come after benefits were secured, which is how he got paid, as well.<br /><br />I wouldn't agree to it because of the perverse financial incentive. As a private practitioner, I wouldn't get paid unless I found disability. These individuals were probably working with an attorney because the existing medical/psych record didn't establish eligibility. My suspicion was that that half or more of the cases would involve conscious or unconscious malingering, or more likely that hazy area in between knowing and not knowing.<br /><br />It hadn't occurred to me that disability claims would increase substantially during times of high unemployment. Might be a boon to attorneys working in this area, but it would only make the job of the clinician more difficult.Dr Xhttp://drx.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425732352511468694.post-44495004060398098092010-09-16T01:16:49.486-07:002010-09-16T01:16:49.486-07:00There are strange universes within universes where...There are strange universes within universes where evolutionary logic inverts and twists itself to eke out the gnarled inexistences of the unfittest survivors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com