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Chapter 2A: Consent to Healthcare Rules

WebVolume 1: Patient Care Information, Treatment and Rights 2A-2 Washington Health Law Manual—Fourth Edition 4817-9944-4017.05 2A.1 Part A Summary This part of the chapter provides a general overview of the issues which pertain to consent to medical treatment.1 It provides a foundation for the special consent rules set forth in Part B, and …

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Chapter 2C: Consent to Healthcare–Decision- Making for

Web2C.1.1 Decision-Making Capacity. A person who has decision-making capacity has the ability, physically and mentally, to make informed medical decisions. While the term decision-making capacity technically refers to a factual status rather than a legal one, it is frequently used synonymously with the term competence.

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About WSSHA – WSSHA

WebAbout WSSHA. The Washington State Society of Healthcare Attorneys (“WSSHA”) was founded in 1973. It is operated exclusively for educational and charitable purposes, to provide an opportunity for legal advisors in the health field to meet and exchange information and ideas, to conduct legal seminars of interest to such attorneys, …

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Chapter 9: Mental Health Advance Directives

WebWashington Health Law Manual — Fourth Edition – Mental Health Advance Directives 2 care, including the right to formulate advance directives, maintain policies and procedures on advance directives, inquire on admission whether the patient has made an advance

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Chapter 24: Washington State Fraud and Abuse Prohibitions

Webacts in reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of the information, and no proof or specific intent to defraud is required. 29 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a). In the Medicare context, the courts have calculated penalties using each invoice (and not …

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Washington Health Law Manual – WSSHA

WebThe Washington Health Law Manual is now in its Fourth Edition and maintained in an online format. The manual was previously published in 1996, 1998, and 2006, and we acknowledge the countless hours of all the volunteers who made the Fourth Edition and prior versions possible. Our current use policy permits free printing and use by health …

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Chapter 1-A: Healthcare Information and Confidentiality

WebSimon Vismantas is an attorney licensed to practice in Washington and Utah. He earned is B.A. from the University of Washington in 2010, J.D. from the University of Utah in 2014, and is completing his LL.M. in Health Law from the University of Washington. Most recently, Simon has worked for Community Health Plan of Washington and the Washington

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WA Health Law Manual 3rd Edition – WSSHA

WebThe Washington Health Law Manual is in its third edition and maintained in an online format. The manual was previously published in hard copy in 1996 and 1998. In 1996, Greg Vigdor and Jeff Sconyers were pioneers who served as the Manual’s original Editors-in-Chief. In 1998, Jodi Palmer Long and Deirdre Ridgway, as Editors-in-Chief, updated

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Chapter 1: Consent to Healthcare–Special Consent Rules

WebSpecial consent rules are defined as situations requiring focused consideration on who is the decisionmaker and on what - are the unique concerns for certain diagnosis or treatment. After evaluating these special issues, the general consent rules, discussed in the chapter on General Co nsent Rules , usually apply.

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Chapter 4A: Mental Healthcare for Adults and Minor Children

WebInvoluntary mental health treatment is governed by statutes, rules, and case law. The information in this summary comes from the involuntary treatment statutes found in chapter 71.05 RCW (the “Involuntary Treatment Act” or “ITA”); the administrative rules in chapter 388-865 WAC, and the case law that interprets them.3.

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Chapter 6: Peer Review and Quality Assurance Requirements

WebKyle A. Gotchy, Author. Kyle Gotchy is an associate in Davis Wright Tremaine’s Seattle Office. He counsels health care providers and related businesses on regulatory compliance, government affairs, internal investigations, clinical integration, and other transactional matters. He regularly provides guidance on state and federal laws governing

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Chapter 10: Hospital Regulation

Web10.2.1. Introduction. Washington statutory law requires hospitals to be licensed through the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) (RCW 70.41.090). RCW chapter 70.41 governs the licensing of all hospitals except state mental institutions and psychiatric hospitals, which are governed by RCW chapter 71.12.

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Chapter 16: Peer Review and Quality Assurance Requirements

WebRCW 70.230.080 is intended to encourage ambulatory surgical faclities to maintain high standards of care; it includes credentialing requirements and discovery protections, provides limited immunity for peer review activities and operates in much the same way as the Hospital Quality Improvement statute (discussed at.

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Chapter 14: Certificate of Need

Web6. Any expenditure for the construction, renovation, or alteration of a nursing home or change in nursing home services in excess of the expenditure minimum made in preparation for any undertaking subject to CN review;18 and. 7. Any increase in the number of dialysis stations in a kidney disease center.19.

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WSSHA Contacts – WSSHA

WebKaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington. Phone: 206/630-2160. Email : Megan Grembowski.

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Events – WSSHA

Web2024 Fall Health Law Conference. Vancouver, BC November 1-2, 2024. Event Archive > © Washington State Society of Healthcare Attorneys

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Chapter 2B: Consent to Healthcare–Special Consent Rules

WebThe topics are meant to operate as quick reference tools and are clustered into three major segments: (1) special decision-makers for certain categories of individuals, (2) special consent issues for select specific diagnosis or treatment, and (3) ancillary situations with consent concerns.

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Chapter 7: Bond Financing for Health Care and Long Term …

WebDaniel S. Gottlieb is a principal with Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson P.S. Since 1980, he has participated as bond counsel, underwriter’s counsel, disclosure counsel, borrower’s counsel or

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Final Chapter 4 Committed to Commitment (2621036-4)

WebAs used in this chapter, “commitment” refers to an order by a Washington court that an adult undergo some form of mental health treatment.2 With the exception of “voluntary” commitment through a mental health court as described in section 5, …

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