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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Table of Cases | |
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| An Introduction to Health Care Delivery | |
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| Health Care Organizations and Providers | |
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| Types of Business Organizations | |
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| Health Insurance Plans | |
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| State and Federal Roles in the Regulation of Health Care | |
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| State and Federal Authority | |
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| Regulation of Hospitals | |
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| Regulation of Insurance | |
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| The Physician/Patient Relationship | |
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| The Duty to Treat | |
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| Consent to Medical Treatment | |
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| Patient Decision-Making | |
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| Confidential Patient Health Information | |
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| Physicians, Providers, and Financial Relationships | |
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| Licensure and Discipline | |
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| Medical Staff Privileges and Credentialing | |
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| Employment | |
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| Ownership | |
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| Medicare | |
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| Medicare Coverage and Eligibility | |
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| Certification | |
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| Medicare Payment | |
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| Medicare Appeals | |
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| Fraud and Abuse | |
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| Introduction | |
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| False Claims Act | |
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| Exclusions, Civil Monetary Penalties, and Other Administrative Remedies | |
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| Criminal Penalties in General | |
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| Anti-Kickback Law | |
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| Stark Law | |
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| Health Care Compliance Programs | |
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| Health Care Compliance Programs | |
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| Corporate Compliance | |
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| Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act | |
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| History of Legislation | |
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| Portability, Access, and Renewability | |
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| Administrative Simplification and Fraud and Abuse Prevention | |
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| Health Provisions in Internal Revenue Code | |
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| Electronic Health Records | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Paper Vs. Electronic Medical Records | |
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| Legal Issues | |
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| E-Mail and Protected Health Information | |
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| Records Retention and Destruction | |
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| The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Statutory and Regulatory Authority | |
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| Agency Oversight | |
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| Case Law | |
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| Clinical Research | |
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| Regulation of Research on Human Subjects | |
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| Agency Oversight | |
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| Case Law | |
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| Ethical Decision Making in Health Care | |
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| Framework for Ethics | |
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| Interdisciplinary Issues in Human Genetics | |
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| Institutional Ethics Committees | |
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| Acronyms | |
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| Useful Websites for Health Care and Health Law | |
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| Administrative Law and Federal Regulatory Research | |
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| Sample Living Will/Declaration Regarding Life-Sustaining Procedures | |
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| Table of Authorities for Exclusions | |
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| Sample Authorization to Release Protected Health Information (PHI) | |
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| Sample Business Associate Contract Addendum | |
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| Sample Notice of Privacy Practices | |
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| Sample Policy for Records Retention, Management, and Destruction | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |