Over the course of my education and experience in health care and case management, which spans four decades, I have seen laws, rules, and regulations that appear (sometimes overnight) in response to bad things, sad stories, or the way in which a policy affects an individual—particularly if...
Communities reviewing their rankings and seeking to improve the health of their population should also focus on the laws and policies that affect them. This session will focus on how legal and policy levers could affect communities' health and how existing legal infrastructures may either serve to ...
Because of misguided government policies, health care in America is expensive and inefficient. But it’s always possible to have a system that is even worse. I have often cited the United Kingdom, which has genuine socialism (government employs the doctors and runs the hospitals). However, as...
California has created a strong statutory scheme to protect patients’ rights. Codified at Civil Code section 56.10, the Act provides that “No provider of health care provider, service plan or contractor shall disclose medical information regarding a patient of the provider of healthcare or an enr...
A host of new health care laws will govern the delivery of health care services in California in 2023. These new laws address a number of public policy issues being debated in state capitals around the country, including privacy, access to prescription medications, substance abuse treatment, gende...
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Along with the legal department, HR also oversees ethical matters (both medical and social), and HR managers are key players in helping the organization and its employees maintain compliance with internal policies and external laws and regulations. ...
In most cases, parents are assumed to act in the best interest of their child. But circumstances may occur where there is a conflict between what the parents and the health care providers feel is in the best interest. State laws cover some of these areas of potential dispute, for example,...
LLM in Health Care Law – who's it for? TheLLM in Health Care Lawsits on the intersection between legal professionals and health care professionals, so both groups are likely to have an interest in the course. Lawyers who wish to specialise in an engaging field of expertise will have notic...
Healthcare HR teams are responsible for ensuring their organization complies with a range of laws governing the industry. In the US, those laws include the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA, protecting patient data), the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA, req...