Patient Rights
Entries across the digest that deal with patient rights.
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Health & Benefits
HIPAA Patient Access: Getting Your Own Medical Records
HIPAA gives an individual a right of access to the designated record set held about them, generally within thirty days, at a reasonable cost-based fee, with only limited grounds for denial.
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Health & Benefits
Informed Consent: What a Patient Must Be Told
Informed consent is governed by state law. The disclosure elements, the two competing standards, objective causation, the recognized exceptions, and who consents for a patient who cannot.
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Health & Benefits
Advance Beneficiary Notices and Non-Covered Services
An advance notice of non-coverage shifts financial responsibility to a Medicare beneficiary only when it is specific, timely, explained, and signed with an option chosen.
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Health & Benefits
Hospital Financial Assistance Policies and Billing Disputes
Applying for hospital financial assistance and disputing a charge are two different requests. What section 501(r) requires, what state charity care statutes add, and how each route works.
