Legal Issues In Health Care Alexandra Marie Canfield HCS 430 9/8/2014 Christie Artuso Regulatory Agency Paper The agencies that are in charge of monitoring health care facilities and practitioners are known as health care regulation agencies. These agencies also provide the organizations with information about changes in the industry. At the federal‚ state‚ and local level the agencies establish rules and regulations that health care organizations have to follow mandatorily. Some agencies
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Running head: HEALTHCARE LEGAL CASE Health Care Legal Case Alfredo A. Garcia Jr. University of Phoenix HCS/430 Rosilyn Nolan Many current legal issues surrounding health care exist in the United States today. The most significant topic is the legalities of the Health Care Reform Act. The Health Care Reform is said to be one of the most important pieces of legislation today. The Health Reform website says that health care reform will be the answer to uninsured Americans (www. Healthreform
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Jennifer Mendoza HCS 430 May 6‚ 2012 Brenda Young Regulatory Agency The health care industry has to have a good leadership foundation to carry out rules‚ regulations‚ and procedures. It is important for the success of any organization. In a healthcare organization‚ good leadership is more than just important; it is significant to the organization’s success. The Joint Commission is an organization which requires that the health care industry provides
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Prison Health Care Agency HCS/430 Legal Issues in Health Care: Regulation and Compliance August 4‚ 2014 Prison Health Care Agency There are many facets in the health care industry. Examples include hospitals‚ urgent care centers‚ physicians’ offices‚ medical labs‚ and more. One not really spoken about‚ is the prison health care system. Prison health care is the medical treatment of inmates in the United States Correctional Facilities (Means & Cochran‚ 2012) this is according to the report. The
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of California is a state agency that manages and controls physicians and other medical professional’s legal issues‚ unethical behavior‚ and misconduct in practicing medicine. The agency’s main objective is to publicly update information on licensing‚ credentials‚ certifications‚ and registration requirements on physicians and other medical professionals meeting federal and state laws and regulations. The most important role of the Medical Board of California is to provide the public with information
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Health Law: Regulation and Compliance Melanie Apligian HCS/545 June 2‚ 2014 Shawna Butler Health Law: Regulation and Compliance Healthcare has brought on rapid changes for all specialties‚ addressing proficiencies established by medical facilities in caring for increasingly complex patients in this changing environment. Employees are constantly confronted with legal and ethical dilemmas in clinical decision making; in addition those professionals need to be aware of the way
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Prison Health Care Agency Paper Jessica Jones HCS/430 March 16‚ 2015 Brenda Wright Prison Health Care Agency Paper The national health care expenditures in the United States are excessive. High health care prices are the main reason for excessive health care spending in the United States. According to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People‚ (NAACP) the United States is 5% of the World population and has 25% of world prisoners. The 25% of detainees are a combination of those
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Generally‚ the purpose of the ethics committee in health care is to deliberate and rectify complicated and unusual matters involving issues that affect the care‚ and treatment of patients within the health care institution (Morrison‚ 2014). Members of the ethics committee should be chosen on the elements of their concern for the welfare of the sick and interest matters‚ and their reputation in the community and among their peers for integrity and mature judgment. Ideally‚ the purpose of the ethics
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Building sections of the Nondiscrimination and Health and Safety Handbook Takesha Williams‚ Naire Banks‚ Natalasha Rutledge‚ Sheliah Gordon‚ Shonneill Caleb HCS/430 January 6‚ 2014 Dr. Thomas Wilson Abstract Equal opportunity laws are in place to protect applicants from discrimination. Employers must follow the state and federal laws or they are subject to violations and even costly lawsuits. Different laws protect certain groups of people; the pregnancy law is addressed in detail. Much of the
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According to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) who sets national standards that gives patient assurance that their health care records information are safe‚ is keep private and are properly maintained by a health care organization. Many people consider their health care records to be very sensitive and private. For this reason some patients find it hard to disclose certain information sometimes even with the doctor’s‚ but the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
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