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1993

Cleveland State University

Health law

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Book Review: An Overview Of Health Care Reform: A View Of The Forest--An Introduction To Taft Strategic Atlas: U.S. Health Care Reform By Frederick I. Taft, Stephen J. Werber, Stephen R. Smith Jan 1993

Book Review: An Overview Of Health Care Reform: A View Of The Forest--An Introduction To Taft Strategic Atlas: U.S. Health Care Reform By Frederick I. Taft, Stephen J. Werber, Stephen R. Smith

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

Those interested in health law, who wish to follow and participate in the national debate, need a method of organizing the trees of definition, individual issues, and plans found in the forest of the debate. The cliche of not seeing the forest for the trees is reversed in this debate as we all can see the forest, but we cannot distinguish or truly discern its contents. To aid in understanding these issues, The Journal of Law and Health has taken the unusual step of reprinting a significant portion of a new book. The Editors believe that a traditional Book Review …


The Need For A Process Theory: Formulating Health Policy Through Adjudication, Margaret G. Farrell Jan 1993

The Need For A Process Theory: Formulating Health Policy Through Adjudication, Margaret G. Farrell

Journal of Law and Health

This essay sets out a preliminary, theoretical framework within which to analyze remedial options and begin the search for the values they promote. It is based on the premise that the process used to enforce substantive rights to health care should promote values that are consistent with, and even supportive of, the values that health care reform itself would promote. The framework proceeds upon an analysis of the kinds of claims at issue, the alternative decision making models available to settle them, and the forums in which those models might be used. In conclusion, I urge scholars, policy makers and …


The Medicare And Medicaid Anti-Kickback Statute: Safe Harbors Eradicate Ambiguity, Durin B. Rogers Jan 1993

The Medicare And Medicaid Anti-Kickback Statute: Safe Harbors Eradicate Ambiguity, Durin B. Rogers

Journal of Law and Health

This Note will briefly explore the history of the Medicare and Medicaid programs including the introduction of the PPS. Next, the Note will detail the legislative history surrounding the adoption of the MMAKS and the judicial interpretation applied to its elements. The Note will follow with an analysis of the purpose, goals, and disagreements relating to the MMPPPA's "Safe Harbor" regulations, resolving their alleged ambiguity against the medical profession. Finally, the Note will advocate support of the recently proposed Health Care Cost Containment and Reform Act of 1992 with emphasis on increasing the budget and size of the staff within …