The overstatement caused doctors and pharmacies to submit inflated claims to Medicaid.

Last month, Bayer agreed to pay $14 million to settle charges that it had caused doctors and hospitals to submit inflated claims for prescription drugs used by Medicaid patients.

Still, his metamorphosis was unusual, coming before managed health care, which has since caused countless doctors to reconsider their calling.

In March 2010, he and five of the other activists began a month-long hunger strike in protest of being imprisoned without trial, causing doctors to express concern for their safety.

Inaccurate information in the victim's records is difficult to correct and may affect future insurability or cause doctors relying on the misinformation to deliver inappropriate medical care.

That bill would have caused doctors to withhold medication for fear of Federal sanctions.

Patients visit the doctor more frequently causing doctors to keep visits short to about 2 to 5 minutes per patient.

These critics assert that these rate increases are causing doctors to go out of business or move to states with more favorable tort systems.

H.M.O. utilization review boards decide what services will be covered by the plan, frequently causing doctors to spend hours on the phone contesting an H.M.O.'s protocols.

The problem is that many normal fetuses show heart-rate tracings that are labeled as ominous, causing doctors to perform Caesarean sections.