Respondent foundations for medical care were organized by respondent Maricopa County Medical Society and another medical society to promote fee-for-service medicine and to provide the community with a competitive alternative to existing health insurance plans. (justia.com)
20181
3) The MCA 2005 s4 best interests process, MCA 2005 s6 restraint limitations, MHA framework and Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Act 2018 requirements are a sufficient procedural framework for Article 8 purposes and do not need to be supplemented by a court order. (mentalhealthlaw.co.uk)
Provision2
No applicable statute, Administrative Code provision or case law exists. (mwl-law.com)
1) The several counties of the state may cooperate with the Department of Health in the establishment and maintenance of full-time county health departments in such counties for the promotion of the public's health, the control and eradication of preventable diseases, and the provision of primary health care for special populations. (fl.us)
Organization7
The Health Maintenance Organization Act, informally known as the federal HMO Act, is a federal law that provides for a trial federal program to promote and encourage the development of health maintenance organizations (HMOs). (wikipedia.org)
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) is a term first conceived of by Dr. Paul M. Ellwood, Jr. The concept for the HMO Act began with discussions Ellwood and his Interstudy group members had with Nixon administration advisors who were looking for a way to curb medical inflation. (wikipedia.org)
A Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) is a managed care plan that incorporates financing and delivery of an inclusive set of health care services to individuals enrolled in a network. (wikipedia.org)
Rather, it reflects a gradual accumulation of factors: innovations in health care finance and organization, conflicting political and social principles, coincidences of timing, market dynamics, programs stimulated by the findings of health services research, and spillover effects of tax and other policies aimed at different targets. (nih.gov)
As Prof. Eugene Kontorovich pointed out in rigorously erudite testimony given last week to the subcommittee on global health, global human rights, and international organization of the US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, referencing the Nexus document is an outrage. (blogspot.com)
Grants1
On the standard of review, the Plan grants CMC discretionary authority, but the court found that the extent to which Excellus exercises discretion is unclear. (robertsdisability.com)
19712
Since the "War on Cancer" was launched in 1971, a large share of federal medical research funding has been invested at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to understand the underlying mechanisms of cancer, to evaluate progress against cancer through surveillance, to test promising diagnostic and treatment modalities, and to make information on how to prevent, treat, and live with cancer available to health care providers and to the public. (nationalacademies.org)
These broader coordination and planning goals that should have extended the reach of the National Cancer Program beyond NCI to other federal and private parties could not be met, and when the 1971 act was recodified in 1978, the scope of the program was redefined to include only NCI (McGeary, 1997). (nationalacademies.org)
Laws1
The central role of employment-based health benefits and the very substantial discretion accorded employers rest, in considerable measure, on federal laws and regulations (in particular, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) that did not explicitly plan or envision that structure. (nih.gov)
Practice2
Executive acknowledges that the issuance of Notes is fully taxable as compensation to him and authorizes the Company to withhold taxes on the value of the Notes as part of its normal payroll practice and that all applicable withholdings required by Law will be deducted from the portion of Executive's Base Salary paid in cash. (justia.com)
Similarly a highly skilled professional such as a doctor who is not answerable to his alleged employer for how his or her practice is conducted on a daily basis still may be found to be an employee if he or she works regular hours for a defined basis of remuneration at one institution such as a hospital ( Boardman , Marotta ). (taxinterpretations.com)
Persons2
Medicare Medicare, authorized under title XVIII of the Social Security Act, is a nationwide health insurance program for the aged and certain disabled persons. (hhs.gov)
All persons age 65 or older (whether ``insured'' or not) may elect to enroll in the supplementary medical insurance program by paying the monthly premium. (hhs.gov)
Employee1
2085 of the Quebec Civil Code , "a contract of employment is a contract by which a person, the employee, undertakes for a limited period to do work for remuneration, according to the instructions and under the direction or control of another person, the employer. (taxinterpretations.com)
Trust fund1
154.02 County Health Department Trust Fund. (fl.us)
Regulations2
Among other things, Subpart C of the regulations requires railroads to see that blood and urine tests of covered employees are conducted following certain major train accidents or incidents, while Subpart D authorizes, but does not require, railroads to administer breath or urine tests or both to covered employees who violate certain safety rules. (casetext.com)
b) The collection and subsequent analysis of the biological samples required or authorized by the regulations constitute searches of the person subject to the Fourth Amendment. (casetext.com)
State7
Assuming insurer - Domiciled in this state or state with similar statutes. (wa.gov)
their members provide is enhanced by the price restraint, Goldfarb v. Virginia State Bar, 421 U. S. 773 , and National Society of Professional Engineers v. United States, 435 U. S. 679 , distinguished, and their claim that the price restraint will make it easier for customers to pay does not distinguish the medical profession from any other provider of goods or services. (justia.com)
The authority to organize, coordinate, and improve cancer care services rests largely with service providers and insurers, although employers and other payers are increasingly holding providers accountable for quality, and consumers are calling for action by state and federal legislatures. (nationalacademies.org)
It is the intent of the Legislature to promote, protect, maintain, and improve the health and safety of all citizens and visitors of this state through a system of coordinated county health department services. (fl.us)
The Legislature recognizes the unique partnership which necessarily exists between the state and its counties in meeting the public health needs of the state. (fl.us)
To strengthen this partnership, the Legislature intends that the public health needs of the several counties be provided through contractual arrangements between the state and each county. (fl.us)
Environmental health services shall be supported by available federal, state, and local funds and shall include those services mandated on a state or federal level. (fl.us)
Chapter3
This chapter provides a rather detailed overview of some important bases for present public and private arrangements for insuring health care. (nih.gov)
include providing cancer screening to low-income populations and monitoring the achievement of cancer-related public health goals (see Chapter 6 ). (nationalacademies.org)
The federal Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), as the nation's largest payer for health care, has established quality assurance programs targeting cancer care and is developing tools to more effectively monitor the quality of cancer care delivered to Medicare beneficiaries (see Chapter 6 ). (nationalacademies.org)
Populations1
The debate about private versus public strategies for medical expense protection is longstanding and has, with the exception of programs for special populations, repeatedly been resolved in the United States in favor of private approaches. (nih.gov)
Employment5
Employment and Health Benefits: A Connection at Risk. (nih.gov)
The current U.S. system of voluntary employment-based health benefits is not the consequence of an overarching and deliberate plan or policy. (nih.gov)
Many of the values, pressures, and conflicts that have shaped the evolution of employment-based health benefits persist and should be factored into evaluations of this system and proposals for restructuring it. (nih.gov)
In connection with his continued service as the Company's Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") and as a member of the Board of Directors, Mr. Macaluso will continue to receive an annual base salary of $300,000 pursuant to the Employment Agreement and is entitled to continue to participate in the Company's benefit plans on terms available to other Company employees. (edgar-online.com)
You will not work full-time for another employer, and all part-time employment, including any self-employment shall be disclosed to the Company not less frequently than on the anniversary of the date of this Agreement. (justia.com)
Congress2
The federal HMO Act amended the Public Health Service Act, which Congress passed in 1944. (wikipedia.org)
Housing rescue comes up short , detailing the fortunes, or should one say, misfortunes, of the Hope for Homeowners legislation, a plan by Congress to guarantee $300 billion in mortgages and to prevent 300,000 foreclosures, a plan so stellar that since its launch three months ago only 321 applications have been filed and none have received final determination. (blogspot.com)
and required employers with 25 or more employees to offer federally certified HMO options IF they offered traditional health insurance to employees. (wikipedia.org)
All at the same or lower price than traditional forms of insurance coverage Federal Financial Assistance for developing HMOs-Assisted individual HMOs in obtaining endorsement (referred to as qualification) from the federal government Marketing Support through Dual Choice Mandate-Required employers to offer coverage from at least one federally qualified HMO to all employees (dual choice). (wikipedia.org)
been reduced to representing 'useful guidelines relevant and helpful in ascertaining the intent of the parties'" ( Lang ). Where the alleged employer and the individuals have a common understanding that the individuals are self-employed, this may be sufficient to establish that they are not employees even if an application of some of the Wiebe tests might suggest the contrary ( Royal Ballet ). (taxinterpretations.com)
Determination2
the stakeholder is not required to make a determination as to the rights of the prospective claimants but, rather, may deposit the contested funds with the court to avoid acting at his own peril and exposing himself to liability. (mwl-law.com)
In making this determination, the level of control the employer has over the worker's activities will always be a factor. (taxinterpretations.com)
Provide4
In this case, Plaintiff, Jennifer Easter, on behalf of her son, B.E., brought suit against Defendants Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca Prepaid Health Plan ("Plan"), Cayuga Medical Center ("CMC"), and Excellus Health Plan, Inc. ("Excellus") for violating ERISA by denying their claims for medical benefits and failing to provide requested information. (robertsdisability.com)
We require proof of bank account, are you able to provide your proof of bank account now or later in branch or via a call? (major-recruitment.com)
partly that is because the trust owe a common law duty of care to the patient to provide appropriate treatment (the patient cannot be deprived of liberty by actions that the trust are required to take). (mentalhealthlaw.co.uk)
The orders made in these cases provide for the indefinite continuation of injunctions against the world prohibiting publication of the names of a small number of clinicians in the Abbasi case and a wide range of health service staff in the Haastrup case. (mentalhealthlaw.co.uk)
The foundations, by agreement of their member doctors, established the maximum fees the doctors may claim in full payment for health services provided to policyholders of specified insurance plans. (justia.com)
The most that can be said for having doctors fix the maximum prices is that doctors may be able to do it more efficiently than insurers, but there is no reason to believe any savings that might accrue from this arrangement would be sufficiently great to affect the competitiveness of these kinds of insurance plans. (justia.com)
Insuring medical care expenses is difficult for several reasons, and making private insurance workable for large numbers of workers and their families has taken considerable creativity, leadership, and some luck. (nih.gov)
It consists of two parts: the hospital insurance (part A) program and the supplementary medical insurance (part B) program. (hhs.gov)
Public7
A constituency for broad access to health coverage has existed for nearly a century, pressuring both public and private sectors to find new and better ways of extending that access. (nih.gov)
a system of private and public health coverage that has for most of the last 50 years increased financial access to these advances but placed few controls on medical price inflation or overuse of medical services. (nih.gov)
For years, the Communist Party of the Peoples Republic of China have been expanding their presence and influence in Latin America, and only recently news has been released to the American public of Chinese espionage activities in Cuba and their plans to expand military bases 90 miles off the United States mainland. (tax-power.com)
The Legislature also recognizes the importance of meeting the educational needs of Florida's public health professionals. (fl.us)
a) "Environmental health services" are those services which are organized and operated to protect the health of the general public by monitoring and regulating activities in the environment which may contribute to the occurrence or transmission of disease. (fl.us)
b) "Communicable disease control services" are those services which protect the health of the general public through the detection, control, and eradication of diseases which are transmitted primarily by human beings. (fl.us)
These services are provided to benefit individuals, improve the collective health of the public, and prevent and control the spread of disease. (fl.us)
Nevertheless, there is a federal research and programmatic infrastructure that greatly affects the quality of cancer care obtained within the U.S. health care system. (nationalacademies.org)
The National Cancer Program was not supposed to become the cancer care system, but it was supposed to interact enough with the system through planning and coordination to improve the delivery of patient care. (nationalacademies.org)
154.01 County health department delivery system. (fl.us)
Authority1
Health B) After overflowing the risks, if any, the Authority may submit the addressed free Complexity Hints for Economic Policy (New as the wondrous mi or may fear a Critical facility. (firefox-gadget.de)
Person3
Similarly, subjecting a person to the breath test authorized by Subpart D must be deemed a search, since it requires the production of "deep lung" breath and thereby implicates concerns about bodily integrity. (casetext.com)
Perhaps because a person is required to live 21 years before the law permits the person to drink alcohol, an activity in which both the participants in these 21 stories and the people reading them might be tempted to do. (blogspot.com)
Even if you plan to attend the Annual Meeting in person, we ask you to please complete, sign and return the enclosed proxy card. (am-news.com)
Group1
Primary health care services are provided at home, in group settings, or in clinics. (fl.us)
Service1
A service of the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health. (nih.gov)
Bill1
President Richard Nixon signed bill S.14 into law on December 29, 1973. (wikipedia.org)
1 ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K (X) Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Fee Required) For fiscal year ended December 31, 1993. (gcs-web.com)
Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (No Fee Required) Commission file number 1-2691. (gcs-web.com)
Industry1
c) That the judiciary has had little antitrust experience in the health care industry is insufficient reason for not applying the per se rule here. (justia.com)
Access1
The Act solidified the term HMO and gave HMOs greater access to the employer-based market. (wikipedia.org)
Order1
We require your bank details in order to pay your wages during any temporary assignments. (major-recruitment.com)
Review1
The review of Women requires a interaction and extraordinary button in Buddhology. (nolanadams.com)
Claims1
Regardless, procedural deficiencies in the claims process mean that, under Halo v. Yale Health Plan , 819 F.3d 42 (2d Cir. (robertsdisability.com)