The period of time that a patient has to file a lawsuit.
What is the statute of limitations?
100
Medicare instituted a hospital payment system that classifies each Medicare patient by illness.
What is diagnostic related groups (DRG'S)?
100
Infections responsible for life threatening illness in any AIDS patient.
What is an opportunistic infection?
200
Is it Legal? Is it Balanced? How does it make you feel?
What is the 3-Step Ethics Model?
200
These are established from a court decision.
What is common law.
200
The practice of cooperation by which a state grants a license to practice medicine to a physician already licensed in another state.
What is reciprocity?
200
Approves all nonemergency services, hospitalizations, or tests before they can be provided.
What is a gatekeeper?
200
Self-determination documents
What is an advanced directive?
300
understanding the feelings of another person
What is empathy?
300
Acutal bodily harm to another person without permission.
What is battery?
300
These are meant to protect the health and safety of the general public.
What are Medical Practice Acts?
300
Provides financial assistance to states for insuring certain categories of the poor and indigent.
What is Medicaid?
300
A representative designated by the patient to act on behalf of the patient.
What is a durable power of attorney?
400
The right of all employees to certain procedures when their rights are in jeopardy.
What is due process?
400
Less serious criminal acts that carry a punishment of fines or imprisonment in jailfor up to a year.
What is a misdemeanor?
400
An adult that acts on the behalf of a child in litigation in the court.
What is a guardian ad litem?
400
A type of solo practice in which a physician may employ other physicians and pay them a salary.
What is sole proprietorship?
400
Confidential information that has been told to a physician by the patient.
What is privileged communication?
500
Equal pay requirements to all persons who are doing equal work.
What is comparable worth?
500
This is latin for "Under penalty, take with you".
What is supoena duces tecum?
500
The practice used to control or minimize the incidence of problem behavior that might result in injury to patients and employees, and ultimately to liability for the physician/employer.
What is risk management?
500
Professional corporation members
What are shareholders?
500
This occurs when patients indicate by their behavior that htey are accepting of the procedure.