Emergency physician chinese drama

The Affordable Care Act reorganized, amended, and expanded Part A of Title XXVII of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, adding, among other items, the patient protections provisions that appear in PHS Act Section 2719A. The Affordable Care Act then inserted PHS Act Sections 2701 through 2728 into Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code, by adding Section 715(a)(1) to ERISA and Section 9815(a)(1) to the Internal Revenue Code. The result: these provisions apply to group health plans and to health insurance issuers that provide health insurance coverage in connection with group health plans.PHS Act 2719A includes requirements relating to benefits for emergency services. Interim final regulations were issued on June 28, 2010; the November 18, 2015 final regulations adopt the 2010 interim final regulations without substantial change.So far, so good. Now the fun part.Since the interim final regulations were issued, group health plans have … [Read more...] about Affordable Care Act Patient Protections Provisions for Out-of-Network Emergency Department Services

Following our blog post regarding the retail clinic movement, “Patient Check-Ups Before Checking Out: Partnering to Bring Health Care into the ‘One-Stop Shopping’ Sector” (April 19, 2017), we continue our examination of alternative healthcare providers by examining the regulatory landscape that shapes the opportunities and challenges of freestanding emergency departments (“FSEDs”). FSEDs – A DefinitionIn simple terms, an FSED is:An emergency department that is a freestanding provider operated independent of an acute care hospital; although it may be owned and operated by an entity that also owns hospitals and/or other healthcare providers;A healthcare provider-type that is not required to comply with those state and federal laws that exclusively apply to hospitals and other inpatient facilities; as a result, an FSED is often more flexible in its ownership, governance, operations, and scope-of-services than a hospital-based emergency … [Read more...] about The Opportunities and Challenges of Freestanding Emergency Departments

Governor Walker signed a bill on Friday December 13th changing physicians’ informed consent obligations in Wisconsin. Section 448.30 of the Wisconsin statutes requires doctors to obtain patients’ informed consent for treatment. Assembly Bill 139 (the bill signed Friday) modifies section 448.30 of the Wisconsin statutes in the following significant ways:In litigation, juries will use the “reasonable physician” standard rather than the “reasonable patient standard” in determining whether a physician has met his or her informed consent duty; expert testimony will typically be necessary;Physicians do not have a duty to obtain informed consent for conditions they have ruled out.The change in the statute followed a 2012 Wisconsin Supreme Court decision in Jandre vs. Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund. In that case, the jury ruled that the physician had met her standard of care. The jury also ruled, however, that the emergency physician … [Read more...] about Wisconsin Informed Consent Bill Signed Re: Physician Obligations

Sun Zhengcai, formerly one of China’s rising political stars and a possible successor to President Xi Jinping, completed his fall from grace on Thursday by pleading guilty to taking $27 million in bribes between 2002 and 2017. At 54 years of age, Sun was a relatively fresh face among China’s political elite, formerly the youngest member of the Politburo and party boss of the populous city of Chongqing. He lost that position in July when he was accused of abusing his authority to seek payoffs in property and cash, plus political and even sexual favors, for just about the entirety of his incandescent political career—from provincial party executive to minister of agriculture.The South China Morning Post notes there was little drama surrounding Sun’s trial, as court hearings are a mere formality once the Communist Party passes judgment. Sun had already been censured by the Party’s internal ethics committee and firmly denounced as a crook by state-run media; … [Read more...] about Former Chinese Political Superstar Pleads Guilty to $27 Million Bribery Charge

World Plane Flight A passenger waiting to exit a plane after it landed said he was fined $11,000 after opening the emergency door because the packed plane was “stuffy.” A 25-year-old man, identified only as Chen by the South China Morning Post, said he flew from the island of Hainan to Sichuan, China, before the deplaning incident at the Mianying airport. After deciding he needed some fresh air, he pulled a handle he said he didn’t realize was attached to his row’s emergency exit door. Upon realizing the emergency slide was deploying automatically at the same time the door came inward, he said he “panicked.” “Because it was so stuffy, so hot on the plane, I just pushed down on the window handle beside me. When the door fell out, I panicked,” the man told ThePaper.cn, later translated by South China Morning Post. The airline, which was not named in the Chinese media reports, told ThePaper.cn that the man’s lack of knowledge was … [Read more...] about Passenger Fined $11,000 For Opening Emergency Exit On ‘Stuffy’ Plane For Fresh Air