This course on the American Health Care Law incorporates surveys of legal regulations of the quality of, access to, including the financing of health care. Antitrust, medical malpractice, contracts, licensure, patient rights and bio-ethical policies are the subjects that will be addressed. There are various reasons why people need to take health law. One reason [...]
In the Philippines, the bill for cheaper medicine is being pushed from the congress to the senate up to the malacanang palace to be signed by the President. As one of the third world countries, people living here should be practical enough to be selective about medicines. In a world that faces global economic decrease [...]
Insurance policies may slightly differ from one another so before you finally select your insurance policy, be sure that you have carefully read the actual policy first. Limitations and exclusions may include the following: Cosmetic Surgery The policy will only cover those surgeries whose purpose is to reconstruct after an injury or birth defect. Mental [...]
HIPPAA was enacted in 1996 by the Congress of the United States. It is a regulation that provides patients to have better access to their personal medical records and at the same time giving them independence in controlling the use of their own health information. The regulation also stresses to healthcare providers and health plans [...]
It is expected that a professional person not only in the medical field but in general, should perform a fair, reasonable and competent degree of skill towards their work. Thus, it is a must for the people in general, especially in the medical field to practice or apply their competent skills on clinical area. It [...]
The Journal of Health Care Law & Policy or JHCLP functions as a forum that caters to interdisciplinary discussion that concerns leading issues in the field of health law, medicine and health policies. Contributors of JHCLP include legal scholars, health law practitioners, physicians, leaders in health policy and leading industry experts in the field of [...]
Do you remember the game you played when you were kids? The game wherein you had to save only 5 – 10 people (placed inside the boat) out of, say, 20 (depending on the rules of the game), and lay off the others who are “worthless”, all of which have special cases? Doctors in Chicago [...]
The code of ethic in the Philippines is formulated by the Philippine Medical Association promulgated or known as Republic Act 4224. This Code of Ethics includes the duties, responsibilities, obligations of Filipino Physicians to the recipient of their care. The Code of Ethics of Physicians is subdivided into two Articles. Article I, in which in [...]
With respect to the health care system proposals from the current administration that has seen a lot of resistance and was met with skepticism when it entered deliberations. He did make it a point when he introduced the bill that he was not going to accept any compromise. But reality comes and hits hard with [...]
President Obama promised to overhaul the US’s health care system ever since he ran for office for it is one of the most pressing social issues that is plaguing the US. Many people who voted for him are in fact hoping for the “CHANGE” he so promised that was the norm of the political system [...]