Blog Segment Title: Leave It to the Legislature
Describe a particular issue that relates to health care, such as abortion
rights. Examine how each of the three levels of government (local, state, and
federal) has addressed the issue through legislation.
Both the local and state governments have attempted to
restrict and even ban abortion. (Planned Parenthood 2015) This is an ongoing
battle as they attempt to restrict access to abortion clinics leaving women to
pay the price by endangering their health and in some cases their safety.
(Planned Parenthood 2015) Some of the
requirements the local and state legislatures has proposed or passed are:
mandatory ultrasounds before an abortion the biggest problem with this
requirement is a victim of rape or incest is still required to this regulation,
a waiting period before an abortion can be performed this waiting period could
be 72 hours, not allowing private insurance to cover abortions. (Planned
Parenthood 2015)
The federal government has criminalized abortions done in the
second trimester, even though doctors say this is the safest and sometimes the
best way to protect the women’s health however, this ban also affects the
doctors who care for the women who need the abortion, the Supreme Court's
decision abandoned more than 30 years of precedent that put women’s health
first when it came to laws that restrict access to abortion. (Planned
Parenthood 2015)
Explain how the legislation you identified affects you as a practitioner.
This type of legislation affects a practitioner because you
have to decide what is more important taking the chance of committing a crime
do to the fact that the federal government criminalizing abortion or protecting
your patient’s right to choose their medical treatment and most importantly
putting making sure you are doing what’s right to protect your patient’s safety
and health.
Define and contrast the differences between civil, criminal, and
administrative law. Provide medically related examples of each, and how medical
professionals are affected by each in their private practices.
Civil law is a body of rules that delineate private rights
between individuals in areas like; contracts, property, and family law distinct
from criminal or public law. (The Free Dictionary 2015)
Criminal law is a body of rules and statutes that defines
conduct prohibited by the government because it threatens and harms public
safety and welfare and that establishes punishment to be imposed for the
commission of such acts. (The Free Dictionary 2015)
Administrative law is the procedures created by
administrative agencies like governmental bodies of the city, county, state or
Federal government that involves rules, regulations, applications, licenses,
permits, available information, hearings, appeals and decision-making. (The
Free Dictionary 2015)
The differences between civil, criminal and administrative
laws are: Civil law involves; a lawsuit for damages, requests for court orders,
disputes over contracts or other agreements, appeals from administrative. (Smith
E. & Runes K. 2004) Criminal law involves; arrest, initial appearance,
preliminary hearing, grand jury, information, arraignment, discovery, pre-trial
motions, jury selection, trial and verdict and administrative law involves; various
organs of the state government, creation of a commission or board that passes
general laws regarding activities. (Smith
E. & Runes K. 2004)
The Free Dictionary (2015) civil law. Retrieved From: http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/civil+law
Planned Parenthood (2015) Act No Matter What: Federal and
State Bans and Restrictions on Abortion. Retrieved From: http://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/issues/abortion-access/federal-and-state-bans-and-restrictions-on-abortion/
The Free Dictionary (2015) criminal law. Retrieved From: http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/criminal+law
The Free Dictionary (2015) Administrative law. Retrieved
From:
Smith E. & Runes K. (2004) Understanding the Legal
System. Retrieved From: http://www.fromcallingtocourtroom.net/chap3.htm
Blog Segment Title: There's No "I" in Team
Develop a fictitious scenario in which you overheard a conversation between
two co-workers. Create a dialogue detailing the conversation during the
co-workers' lunch break. The conversation pertains to each member's role in the
office and how it is vital to the success of the practice. Take this
opportunity to highlight each role in terms of standard of care and each team
member's unique contribution to the overall standard of care within a
professional environment.
Medical Biller and Medical Assistant during their lunch
break:
Medical Biller: God I am so glad it’s lunch time!
Medical Assistant: I hear ya there it has been a long day
already.
M.B.: I feel like all I did is call people back today
because they felt like they should not have to pay their bills.
M.A.: I tell ya my last patient was complaining today that
she owes $45.00 and Mandy had the nerve to ask for payment
M.B.: I know I tried to tell her yesterday when she called
that my job at the office is to take care of any billing issues and I could
help her set up a payment plan to get her bill taken care of.
M.A.: I told her my job was to make sure I could do what is
needed regarding her health and the doctor’s needs to make sure she receives
the care that is needed. I let her know I had no control over her bill however,
I could get you to help her figure it out, and she did not seem pleased.
M.B.: I told her, her health was our number concern but, we
do need payment from our patients to help pay the bills the practice has and to
be able to continue offering her along with other patients a certain standard
that they deserve.
Choose one position in a health-care team, and briefly describe the
individual's responsibilities in adhering to the standards of medical law and
professional ethics.
Medical receptionist
A medical receptionist responsibilities and professional ethics
are; answering phones, greeting patients and visitors and scheduling appointments
all while rendering service with full
respect and dignity as well as maintain confidential information. (Fremgen B.
2012) Medical receptionist responsibilities regarding the standards of medical
law plays an important role; we live in a society where some patients are looking
to sue health-care practitioners and their facilities, because of this it is
important for a medical receptionist to help in making sure one’s health
information is protected pertaining to HIPAA . (Fremgen B. 2012)
Fremgen B. (2012) Medical Law and Ethics. Fourth Edition.
Retrieved From: Pearson Education, Inc.
Hicks. (2015) about money: Medical Office Receptionist.
Retrieved From: http://medicaloffice.about.com/od/jobdescriptions/p/Medical-receptionist.htm
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