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Public Health Law in the News Wal-Mart’s attempt to provide health care
services. Wal-Mart has sent a request seeking vendors to
help expand the breadth of its retail clinic operations into diagnostic and chronic care services. But despite its ability to dominate in retail, health care has been a tougher business for the company. It has had success with pharmacy-related initiatives but a spottier record with in-store clinics.
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Project
Must be 750 words APA style Minimum of 3 online references
Any Questions?
Ethical Decisions
How will I derive to my decision? First we determine what ethics are
ethics refers to standards of behavior that tell us how human beings ought to act in the many situations in which they find themselves-as friends, parents, children, citizens, businesspeople, teachers, professionals, and so on.
Ethical Decisions
Next we determine what ethics aren’t?Not emotionsFeelingsNot religionNot always lawsNot standard
Why is making ethical decisions a challenge? There are two fundamental problems in
identifying the ethical standards we are to follow:1. On what do we base our ethical standards?2. How do those standards get applied to specific situations we face?
Five Sources of Ethical Standards
The Utilitarian ApproachSome ethicists emphasize that the ethical action is the one that provides the most good or does the least harm, or, to put it another way, produces the greatest balance of good over harm.
The Rights ApproachThis approach starts from the belief that humans have a dignity based on their human nature per se or on their ability to choose freely what they do with their lives.
The Fairness or Justice ApproachToday we use this idea to say that ethical actions treat all human beings equally-or if unequally, then fairly based on some standard that is defensible. We pay people more based on their harder work or the greater amount that they contribute to an organization, and say that is fair.
The Common Good ApproachThis approach suggests that the interlocking relationships of society are the basis of ethical reasoning and that respect and compassion for all others-especially the vulnerable-are requirements of such reasoning.
The Virtue Approach. These virtues are dispositions and habits that enable us to act according to the highest potential of our character and on behalf of values like truth and beauty.
A Framework for Ethical Decision Making
Recognize an ethical issue Get the facts Evaluate Alternative Actions Make a decision and test it Act and reflect an outcome
Chapter 3
Regulating public health Future Challenges
Chapter 8
Legal Council Initial encounters between public health
practitioner and legal counsel The role of counsel to a public health
agency
Unit 4 Read Chapter 6 & 9
In course text, Law in Public Health Practice Respond to the discussion question
You will discuss mandatory reporting of diseases 40 Points
Attend the optional flex seminar Log in from Student Home Page
Complete the midterm examination Take the midterm examination 100 points
Check out Extra! Extra! Review the CDC site for Emergency Preparedness and Response
Any Questions
Unit 4 Midterm Review civil strategies and remedies for public health practice Institutes of Medicine (IOM) suggested that public
health should return to its origins by focusing on three core functions
public-private partnerships an administrative agency independent of the executive
branch of government concept of disease surveillance is authorized by? The powers not delegated to the United States by the
Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."
What means that the superior government unit can block the inferior government entity from regulating a particular area?
In which case does the court rule that the state health department went beyond its authority to create a separate council to issue tobacco-control regulations?
What provides a framework allowing for the facilitation of the detection, management, and containment of public health emergencies while appropriately safeguarding personal and proprietary interests?
What follows Administrative regulations?
Has the U.S. Constitution generally not been interpreted as granting, mandating, or otherwise conferring affirmative duties on government to act to improve public health?
Which court is specifically directed to be established by the U.S. Constitution under Article III and typically has discretion over whether to take an appeal?
Does confidentiality laws differ in the public health context as opposed to health information gathered during the normal course of patient care?
Questions
Good night!!
Read Chapter 11 In course text, Law in Public Health Practice
Respond to the discussion question You will discuss legal authorities
Attend the optional flex seminar Log in from Student Home Page
Complete the Unit 5 project Government Health Insurance Programs Project
Check out Extra! Extra! Review the Executive Summary for the Framework for Improving Cross-Sector Coordination for Emergency Preparedness and Response
Unit 5:To do list
The paper will be five paragraphs Presented in APA format A minimum of three online references Minimum of 750 words
Government health insurance programs play a major role in the overall health of the public. These programs originated from legislation aimed at helping those in need, such as children, impoverished individuals, and the elderly. Explain the following government health insurance programs in sufficient detail to meet the guidelines for the project.
Medicare Medicaid Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
Unit 5: Government Health Insurance Programs Project
Hospital Coverage Medical Insurance Medicare Advantage Plans Prescription Drug Plans
Medicare
What Is Part B (Medical Insurance)?◦ Part B helps cover medically-necessary services like doctors' services, outpatient
care, home health services, and other medical services. Part B also covers some preventive services. Check your Medicare card to find out if you have Part B.
How Much Does Part B Cost?◦ If you have Part B, you pay a Part B premium each month. Most people will pay
the standard premium amount. Social Security will contact some people who have to pay more depending on their income. If you don't sign up for Part B when you are first eligible, you may have to pay a late enrollment penalty.
How Do I Get Part B?◦ Some people automatically get Part B. Learn how and when you can sign up for
Part B. What Does Part B Cover?
◦ To find out if Part B covers something specific, visit Your Medicare Coverage. Part B covers two types of services:
Medically-necessary services — Services or supplies that are needed to diagnose or treat your medical condition and that meet accepted standards of medical practice. ◦ Preventive services — Health care to prevent illness (like the flu) or detect it at an
early stage, when treatment is most likely to work best.
Medicare
Medicaid is available only to certain low-income individuals and families who fit into an eligibility group that is recognized by federal and state law. Medicaid does not pay money to you; instead, it sends payments directly to your health care providers. Depending on your state's rules, you may also be asked to pay a small part of the cost (co-payment) for some medical services.
Medicaid is a state administered program and each state sets its own guidelines regarding eligibility and services.
Read more about your state Medicaid program to complete your assignment.
Medicaid
The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (CHIPRA or Public Law 111-3) reauthorized the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
CHIPRA finances CHIP through FY 2013.
It will preserve coverage for the millions of children who rely on CHIP today and provides the resources for States to reach millions of additional uninsured children. This legislation will help ensure the health and well-being of our nation's children.
CHIP
Families who earn too much to qualify for Medicaid may be able to qualify for CHIP.
Families that do not currently have health insurance are likely to be eligible, even if you are working. The states have different eligibility rules, but in most states, uninsured children under the age of 19, whose families earn up to $44,100 a year (for a family of four) are eligible. For little or no cost, this insurance pays for:
doctor visits immunizations hospitalizations emergency room visits
The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
CMS
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: SOURCES OF LEGAL AUTHORITY IN PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS
THE CASE OF BIOTERRORISM Collection of Records and Data: Disease Reporting,
Surveillance, and Privacy Control of Property: Seizures, Takings, and Nuisances Management of Persons: Quarantine, Detention, and
Treatment Legal Immunity Access to Communications: First Amendment and
Media Strategy Conclusions and Discussion
Legal Authorities for Interventions DuringPublic Health Emergencies
Authors: JAMES J . MISRAHI, GENE W. MATTHEWS,AND RICHARD E . HOFFMAN