Law & Medicine
Law & Medicine
Antitrust issues in health care (Part I)
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Is the Sunshine Act Worthy of Concern?
In mid-2013, the federal government launched the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, yet another new bureaucracy as a component of the Patient...
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DNR orders and medical futility
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New HIPAA Requirements
Ignoring the recently proposed Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act changes could be very costly. Physicians should conduct a...
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Factual and proximate cause
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Medicolegal aspects of generic drugs
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Health Insurance Exchanges: Practical Implications for Dermatologists
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010 established health insurance exchanges to facilitate the purchase of health...
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Social media liability
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The Electronic Health Record Mandate: What Is in Store for Small to Medium-Sized Dermatology Practices?
One of the many measures of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to help modernize the nation’s infrastructure was the signing of the Health...
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Failure to diagnose
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The Nondiscrimination Provision Levels the Playing Field for Nonphysicians
There is a saying that if you are not at the table, you are probably on the menu. These days the table for health care providers is becoming very...