Fee Splitting - ANSWER The practice of sharing fees with colleagues, especially for making referrals
Stark Law - ANSWER Prohibits physicians or their family members who own health care facilities from referring patients to those entities if the federal government, under Medicare or Medicaid, wil...
Fee Splitting - ANSWER The practice of sharing fees with colleagues, especially for making referrals
Stark Law - ANSWER Prohibits physicians or their family members who own health care facilities from
referring patients to those entities if the federal government, under Medicare or Medicaid, will pay for
treatment.
Fiduciary Duty - ANSWER That duty owed by an agent to act in the highest good faith toward the
principal and not to obtain any advantage over the latter by the slightest misrepresentation,
concealment, duress or pressure.
"Do the best for the patient"
Legal answer - ANSWER a response a defendant files to a plaintiff's complaint. Admit, deny, or raise
affirmative defenses, counter-claims
deposition - ANSWER the testimony of a witness made under oath but not in open court
How is the doctor-patient relationship usually established? - ANSWER by affirmative action:
abandonment - ANSWER Leaving a patient after care has been initiated and before the patient has been
transferred to someone with equal or greater medical training.
Fully informed consent - ANSWER gives information to the patient involving their diagnosis, plan of
management, prognosis.
PARQ
, Procedures, alternatives, risks, questions
costs
right to revoke consent at anytime
Maryland scope of practice: Chiro - ANSWER (1) "Practice chiropractic" means to use a drugless system
of health care based on the principle that interference with the transmission of nerve impulses may
cause disease.
(2) "Practice chiropractic" includes the diagnosing and locating of misaligned or displaced vertebrae and,
through the manual manipulation and adjustment of the spine and other skeletal structures, treating
disorders of the human body.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in this title, "practice chiropractic" does not include the use of drugs or
surgery, or the practice of osteopathy, obstetrics, or any other branch of medicine.
(4) The definition of "practice chiropractic" does not prohibit a chiropractor from selecting diet and
hygiene measures for an individual.
For testimonials in advertising: - ANSWER Identify source; document permission
maintain records for required time period
disclose expected/typical results
advertising prohibitions - ANSWER Prohibitions.
An advertisement may not contain statements that:
A. Contain a misrepresentation of facts or do not reasonably identify the practice as chiropractic;
B. Are likely to mislead or deceive because in context the statement makes only a partial disclosure of
relevant facts;
C. Intend to, or are likely to, create false or unjustified expectations of favorable results;
D. Relate to fees, other than a standard consultation fee or a range of fees for specific types of services,
without fully disclosing all variables and other relevant factors;
E. Convey the impression that the chiropractor could influence improperly any public body, official,
corporation, or any person on behalf of a patient;
F. Contain representations or implications that in reasonable probability can be expected to cause an
ordinary prudent person to misunderstand or to be deceived;
G. Contain representations that the chiropractor is willing to perform any procedure which is illegal
under the laws or regulations of Maryland or the United States;
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