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• Your Right to Medical Privacy: HIPAA
   In 1996, Congress passed the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, commonly known as HIPAA. The law has many different elements including … More
• Medical Care for a Child
  Most commonly, it is a parent or legal guardian who seeks medical treatment for a minor child, or a child under the age of eighteen. A parent or legal guardian … More
• What is the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)?
  COBRA is a federal law that allows employees and their families to temporarily continue coverage under employer-sponsored health insurance plans in certain … More
• How to Get the Medical Care That You Want When You are Unable to Communicate
  Many people have specific ideas about the medical care that they want to receive if they become ill or injured. However, at the time an illness or injury strikes … More
• How to Revoke a Health Care Directive
  You may have had very specific and very definite ideas when you drafted your living will, medical power of attorney, DNR order and / or advanced health care … More
• What is the Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998 (WHCRA)?
  The WHCRA is a federal law that provides women with certain rights after they have had a mastectomy, which is most commonly the result of breast cancer, but may be … More
• What is the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005?
  The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 is a federal law that has resulted from the federal government’s concern for the safety of patients … More
• Organ Donor Declarations
  On the morning of July 21, 2009 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported that there were 102,486 people waiting for organ transplants in the United … More
• How to Legally Prepare Yourself for Surgery
  A person who is preparing for a scheduled surgery has a lot of details to consider. The person must comply with his doctor’s pre-surgical protocols, … More
• What is the HIPAA Privacy Rule?
  Essentially, the Privacy Rule under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) sets forth your privacy rights to your medical and … More