Admission Fee
The WSMA affirms that charging a separate and distinct fee for the
incidental, administrative, non-medical service the physician performs in
securing the admission of a patient to a hospital is unethical. (JC
4.01-87) (Reaffirmed A-23)
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Abbreviations for House of Delegates report origination:
EC – Executive Committee; BT – Board of Trustees; CPA – Council on
Professional Affairs; JC – Judicial Council; CHS – Community and Health
Services