Ch.05 key terms
Ch.05 key terms
ch.05 key terms
ch. 05 key terms
ch. 05 key terms
100

tort

a tort occurs when a medical professional acts in a negligent manner and injures someone in their care.

100

Slander

a spoken defamatory statement

100

Defamation

statements like falsely accusing someone of a crime

100

abuse

 any action or failure to act which causes unreasonable suffering, misery or harm to the patient.

100

preexisting condition

A health problem, like asthma, diabetes, or cancer, you had before the date that new health coverage starts.

200

Negligence

 a health care provider failing to follow the recognized standard of care and causing preventable harm to a patient

200

ethics

the disciplined study of morality in medicine and concerns the obligations of physicians and health care organizations to patients as well as the obligations of patients.

200

Invasion of privacy

A doctor sharing a patient's medical records with someone who is not authorized to see them

200

Power of Attorney

designating someone as your spokesperson for your health care decisions

200

libel

 form of defamation conveyed by written text, pictures, signs or other physical forms of communication.

300

False imprisionment

 You intentionally and unlawfully restrained, detained or confined someone, and. 2. Doing so made that person stay or go somewhere against that person's will. You make someone stay or go against his/her will if he/she does not consent to the act.

300

denial of services

A claim denial is issued when a payer, such as a health insurance company or Medicare, declines a healthcare provider's request to be reimbursed for their services.

300

Malpractice

any act or omission by a physician during treatment of a patient that deviates from accepted norms of practice in the medical community and causes an injury to the patient.

300

Civil law

laws and regulations that govern the interactions between private citizens, or in the case of healthcare, between the practitioner and patient.

300

assault and battery

Medical battery is similar to battery, but the harm occurs in a medical setting and includes harmful or offensive touching of a patient by a medical professional.

400

Structured promise

Contracts are structured promises. A patient commits to pay the doctor's reasonable price in exchange for the doctor using her best judgment in treating them.

400

denied payemt

when a healthcare insurance payer refuses to reimburse a provider for services rendered to a patient according to their benefits.

400

Living will

A living will is a written, legal document that spells out medical treatments you would and would not want to be used to keep you alive, as well as your preferences for other medical decisions, such as pain management or organ donation.

400

Criminal Law

If a doctor intentionally gives a patient a lethal dose of a medication and the patient dies, the doctor is liable not only for medical malpractice but can also be charged with murder.

400

breach of contract

when one or more of the terms of the contract are violated

500

termination of coverage

the date on which the Coverage of the Life Insured ceases under the Policy for reasons mentioned in the Section on Termination of Coverage in this Policy.

500

OBRA

Nursing Home Reform Act of 1987, has dramatically improved the quality of care in nursing homes over the last twenty years by setting federal standards of how care should be provided to residents