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What is Criminal law?
Criminal law is the area of law that addresses possible illegal actions taken and must be proven in court beyond reasonable doubt.
What is Consent form?
Informed consent is a process of communication between you and your health care provider that often leads to agreement or permission for care, treatment, or services.
What is Power of Attorney?
A medical power of attorney (or healthcare power of attorney) is a legal document that lets you give someone legal authority to make important decisions about your medical care.
What is Denied payment?
Denial of claim is the refusal of an insurance company or carrier to honor a request by an individual (or his or her provider) to pay for health care services obtained from a health care professional.
What is an example of Civil law?
Civil law deals with behavior that constitutes an injury to an individual or other private party, such as a corporation. Examples are defamation (including libel and slander), breach of contract, negligence resulting in injury or death, and property damage.
What is Civil law?
The civil law is concerned with the peaceable resolution of disputes between individuals.
What is Contract?
Contract medical means the costs of employer-furnished first aid and medical facilities, including personnel or retainer fees for nurses and physicians that are not allocated to individual claims.
What is Ethics?
Ethics serve as the guiding principles for healthcare professionals, ensuring that they prioritize their patients' well-being, treat patients with dignity and respect, and foster trust and confidence in the healthcare system.
What is Denial of services?
A denial in healthcare means that an insurance company will not cover part or all of the costs associated with a medical claim.
What is 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.
What is Torts?
“Tort” is a fancy way of saying “malpractice.” Medical torts are triggered when a healthcare professional or organization causes patient injury.
What is Negligence?
The definition of medical negligence is when a patient does not receive appropriate care in line with the high standards expected of those in the medical or healthcare profession, and experiences direct harm or the worsening of their condition as a result.
What is Malpractice?
Medical malpractice is a legal cause of action that occurs when a medical or health care professional, through a negligent act or omission, deviates from standards in their profession, thereby causing injury or death to a patient.
What is Breach of contract?
A breach of contract occurs when one or more of the terms of the contract are violated.
What is Preexisting condition?
A health problem, like asthma, diabetes, or cancer, you had before the date that new health coverage starts. Insurance companies can't refuse to cover treatment for your pre-existing condition or charge you more.
What is Abuse?
Abuse is inappropriate treatment of an individual. It includes physical, psychological, emotional and sexual abuse. Physical abuse is the use use of physical force that may result in bodily injury, physical pain, or impairment.
What is Defamation?
Defamation by a patient or their representative relative to the care received or not received from a doctor or hospital is commonly understood to be a false statement of fact, published to a third party.
What is Libel?
Libel is a defamatory statement in writing or other visible forms, whereas slander is a spoken defamatory statement.
What is Termination of coverage?
When coverage ends for a consumer after their coverage effective date, resulting in a period during which the individual was enrolled in a qualified health plan. Termination occurs when a policy runs its course and is not renewed.
What is Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA)?
The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA), also known as the 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.
What is Slander?
The action or crime of making a false SPOKEN statement damaging to a person's reputation.
What is False imprisonment?
An intentional act to restrict a patient's movement unlawfully. Another basis for false imprisonment liability exposure involves a situation in which a health care professional is alleged to have compelled a patient to remain in a specific location to undergo treatment against the patient's will.
What is Scope of practice?
“Scope of practice” is defined as the activities that an individual health care practitioner is permitted to perform within a specific profession.
What is Invasion of privacy?
A doctor sharing a patient's medical records with someone who is not authorized to see them is an invasion of privacy through public disclosure of private facts.
What is Assault and battery?
Essentially, assault is attempted 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.