Weighing the natural diminishment of vision, hearing, mobility, reaction time, etc., plus many diseases of the elderly against the importance of driver’s license to the patient such as independence always creates a difficult dilemma for practicing physicians.
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Physicians are considered competitors, so when these “competitors” get together to discuss how they will work together against a managed care company, this is considered by regulators to be a violation of the Sherman Act.
Physicians aren’t banks, lenders or credit card companies, so why is this their problem? Doesn’t HIPAA provide enough privacy protection for patients? Many experts thought so, until some FTC attorneys said otherwise.
A recent study reveals that physicians prescribe placebo treatments in clinical practice on a regular basis – a practice that on its face appears to violate professional ethics and raises questions about how and why placebos are being used, the propriety of their use, and the very way in which “placebo effect” ought to be conceptualized.
Project to help providers evaluate and improve the quality of patient care, allow insurers to assess and evaluate the performance of their provider networks in a common way, and enable consumers to see how hospitals are performing.
PL: The new mental health parity bill affects insurance coverage for the treatment of mental illness and substance abuse for health plans that are regulated by federal law. It says that, for those plans covering more than 50 employees, mental illness must be treated under the same terms and conditions as any other illness.
Historic law brings equity, with limits.
As physicians, hospitals and payors continue to ramp up their efforts to reduce preventable adverse medical events, relatively little attention has been paid to a moment in the care process when the patient is particularly vulnerable: the hospital discharge.
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