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Section 4507 And The Importance Of Private Contracts, Thomas W. Greeson, Heather L. Gunas Jan 2000

Section 4507 And The Importance Of Private Contracts, Thomas W. Greeson, Heather L. Gunas

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

No abstract provided.


The Tortuous History Of The Kyl Amendment, Marilou M. King Jan 2000

The Tortuous History Of The Kyl Amendment, Marilou M. King

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

No abstract provided.


Markets, Myths, And A Man On The Moon: Aiding And Abetting America’S Flight From Health Insurance, Andre Hampton Jan 2000

Markets, Myths, And A Man On The Moon: Aiding And Abetting America’S Flight From Health Insurance, Andre Hampton

Faculty Articles

The United States health care system is a tragic product of blind distrust of government and unquestioning faith in markets—the belief that the market will always do a more efficient job of allocating resources better than the government. However, health care is a peculiar commodity that differs from other goods and services that are distributed in the market. There is a real question about whether it is appropriate to provide health coverage pursuant to an insurance model, let alone provide it through an insurance model in the market. While the pooling of risks guarantees a greater number of people will …


The First Fifty Years: Health Law's Greatest Hit, Thomas Wm. Mayo Jan 2000

The First Fifty Years: Health Law's Greatest Hit, Thomas Wm. Mayo

Faculty Journal Articles and Book Chapters

In honor of the Syracuse Law Review's 50th Anniversary, this article considers various developments in health law and concludes that the passage of the Medicare amendments to the Social Security Act has had the most significant impact on the field. The article discusses the impact of Medicare on the culture of hospitals and their medical staffs, on the development and dissemination of new technologies, and on restructuring and reforming the industry in key areas, including fraud and abuse, patient dumping, organ donation, advance directives, patients' rights, and other agencies' regulation of health care providers.


Punishment Of Health Care Fraud , Yvette M. Mastin Jan 2000

Punishment Of Health Care Fraud , Yvette M. Mastin

Journal of Law and Health

Although the definition of "health care fraud" is only one of the numerous issues of concern to health law practitioners and health care providers, the language that defines the conduct in question is the foundation of all other concerns related to "health care fraud." This Article will demonstrate the need for a narrowly construed definition of "health care fraud." The Article begins by providing a scenario to explain how a situation involving potential "health care fraud" can arise in the delivery of health care services. The Article then addresses how "health care fraud" is defined through a discussion of the …