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Reexamining The Physician's Duty Of Care In Response To Medicare's Prospective Payment System, Andrea Jean Lairson
Reexamining The Physician's Duty Of Care In Response To Medicare's Prospective Payment System, Andrea Jean Lairson
Washington Law Review
In Wickline, the California Court of Appeals indicated that the physician's standard of care is unchanged by pressures from cost containment programs. While recognizing the desirability of controlling health care costs, this Comment argues that physicians who care for Medicare patients should not be held to a lower standard of care than those who care for patients not covered by Medicare. Indeed, physicians should be required to take reasonable steps to ensure that their patients will not be harmed by financially-motivated treatment decisions.
Patient Access To Medical Records In Washington, James M. Madden
Patient Access To Medical Records In Washington, James M. Madden
Washington Law Review
Patients have traditionally had no right of access to their own medical records. Patients' access to their mental health records has been especially restricted. Recently, however, a number of jurisdictions have enacted legislation granting patients access to their medical and mental health records. In addition to this legislative trend, the Washington Supreme Court recently interpreted the state's Public Disclosure Act as creating a right of patient access to public hospital records. Part I of this Comment evaluates the desirability of allowing patients a general right of access to their medical and mental health records. While this Comment finds that there …
The Abortion Bias, Jennifer James
The Abortion Bias, Jennifer James
Washington Law Review
A book review essay considering Abortion: Law, Choice and Morality, by Daniel Callahan (1970).
Medical Profession—Anti-Kickback Statute: Licensed Medical Practitioners May Not Receive Financial Benefits From Referral Of Patients Or Sale Of Medical Supplies To Patients.—Day V. Inland Empire Optical, Inc., 76 Wash. Dec. 2d 566, 456 P.2d 1011 (1969); Rcw Ch. 19.68 (1969), Anon
Washington Law Review
The five defendant ophthalmologists and defendant Inland Empire Optical, Inc., whose stock was wholly owned by these doctors, occupied the same building. Inside the waiting rooms of the doctors' offices were three strategically placed signs which informed patients of the presence of the optical shop on the floor below. Plaintiff doctors and a corporate optical firm brought suit to enjoin this cooperative practice, alleging a violation of Washington's anti-kickback statute. Upon defendants' appeal from a superior court decree granting the injunction, the Washington Supreme Court affirmed as modified. Held: Ophthalmologists are entitled to own stock in a dispensing optical company, …