What are Medicare Anti-Mark Up Rules?
Medicare’s new Anti-Mark up Rules went into effect on January 1, 2009.The Medicare Anti-Mark Up Rules are meant to prevent the mark up (price increase) of certain diagnostic tests that are …
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What rights do I have about the medical care that I receive?
You have a variety of legal rights about the medical care and/or treatment that you receive from your doctor, a hospital, or any facility providing medical services to you. Among these rights are the right to have information about the treatment that a healthcare provider is recommending for you, the right to consent to or refuse treatment, and the right to privacy in terms of your …
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Your Right to Medical Privacy: HIPAA
In 1996, Congress passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, commonly known as HIPAA. The law has many different elements including the protection of health insurance when an employee loses her job and national standards for certain health care transactions. However, one of the best known sections of the law is the one that addresses a patient’s …
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