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What enforcement exists for medical informed consent?
I'm in the USA, New York. I find nowadays that it's common -- maybe the majority of cases -- in which forms are to be signed for some medically-related purpose, that the system and/or provider ...
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Must medical providers initiate a refund when they charge a customer more than the insurance-adjusted amount?
Assume an individual in the United States went to a medical provider and got charged at the end of the visit, by the provider's billing staff. The billing staff knew that this visit was partially ...
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What laws relate to the taking/possessing of foetuses?
The news today is an anti-abortion activist has been jailed. This story includes the point that in 2022 police discovered five foetuses at the home where was arrested and had lived or stayed. That ...
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On American Jury Duty and Doctors' Letters to the Contrary
In the United States, can someone be legitimately be summoned for jury duty when a doctor provided a letter with medical reasons to the contrary?
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Discharging patient under influence of anesthesia without an emergency contact to bring patient home
If a healthcare facility discharges a patient who is still under the influence of anesthesia after a medical procedure without an emergency contact to bring the patient home and the patient walked out ...
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Can a US state ban a drug that is approved by the FDA?
The more common scenario nowadays is for a US state to "legalize" a drug that is illegal Federally, namely cannabis. This scenario has been well-researched and it is well-settled that the ...
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TEFCA: Do providers have to give individuals fast electronic access to their health data?
TEFCA creates a network of providers who service health information requests.
The Sequoia Project's documentation on required flow-down provisions asserts:
"Participants and Subparticipants may ...
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Can a medical professional give purely palliative care to a prisoner being executed?
In the United States, medical professionals are not allowed to participate in executions of prisoners. Are they allowed to give palliative care to the prisoners during the process, if the care given ...
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Giving up protections for balance billing in hospitals
In certain states, one is protected from balance billing for emergency, hospital, and ambulatory services. Balance billing is when one is surprised that an out-of-network doctor/group bills rack rate ...
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How can someone assume control over a family member's medical care?
If someone's parent is a paranoid schizophrenic whose family has been struggling to get proper care due to the parent refusing it (i.e. refusing to take medication). Furthermore, the situation is ...
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Does Jimmo Settlement Agreement of 2013 also apply to Medicaid?
The Jimmo Settlement Agreement was passed in 2013. This is under the Center for Medicare & Medicaid. In laymen's terms, this allows a patient to receive help with skilled therapy/nursing ...
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Is a medical provider required to provide a bill and/or receipt for a payment in Massachusetts?
We are currently self-payers for medical services. We found that many providers have trouble dealing with this and in particular it's very difficult to get proper documentation of the services ...
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Does a Dental Office have an obligation to tell you they are going out of network when you have been a patient for four years in-network?
I had been going to a dentist from 2018-2022. I had work done in the summer and fall of 2022. They treated these appointments as normal - collected my copay, did the work, filed with the insurance, ...
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What happens to oneself when one is at fault in accident with their own injuries?
No-Fault State
My understanding is that insurance travels with the car.
Therefore, this is the example
Driver1Car1 100k liability
Driver2Car2 300k liability
Car1 hits car2.
Car1 driver 100% at fault....
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Recording patients in a Physical Therapy Clinic
Consider a hypothetical physical therapy clinic in California. It is my understanding that it would be against the laws of the clinic to video tape the patients without their knowledge. Please ...
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