{"title":"Structuring group medical practices: liability insurance, retirement plan considerations, and ownership transition.","authors":"A S Gassman, J Popson, S E Waggoner","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article is the fourth in a series addressing the structuring of group medical practice entities, shareholder relationships, and general representation factors. In this article, important considerations relating to liability insurance and pension plans, and both the phasing in and phasing out of shareholders are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":79747,"journal":{"name":"The Medical staff counselor","volume":"7 2","pages":"25-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20995675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Managed care liability for medical malpractice and utilization review.","authors":"D M Mulholland","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Managed care subscribers alleging harm due to physician negligence often assert claims against their managed care plans as well. This article reviews five theories of liability under which relief has been sought and describes some of the defenses managed care organizations have raised to avoid liability.</p>","PeriodicalId":79747,"journal":{"name":"The Medical staff counselor","volume":"7 2","pages":"35-43"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20995676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Physician negotiations with managed care plans: an antitrust primer.","authors":"S E Ronai, H K Hudner","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In negotiating with third-party payers, physicians--whether acting independently or as members of independent practice associations--must proceed very cautiously to prevent antitrust exposure. This article describes a number of government investigations in this area and provides some specific \"do's\" and \"don'ts\" for avoiding the appearance of collective action that might be in violation of the antitrust laws.</p>","PeriodicalId":79747,"journal":{"name":"The Medical staff counselor","volume":"7 3","pages":"57-66"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20998148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"National Practitioner Data Bank Guidebook Supplement.","authors":"A R Chenen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79747,"journal":{"name":"The Medical staff counselor","volume":"7 2","pages":"63-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20995681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Health care reform and global budgeting.","authors":"S Domolky","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Americans seem to have reached a consensus about the urgent need to devise a cost containment strategy that leaves intact a pluralistic health care system. One option is global budgeting--the imposition of a national health care budget with all-payer price controls. This article reviews the factual and legal bases for global budgeting and examines proposed mechanisms to cap expenditures or fix prices for all medical goods and services. Also discussed are the implications of financial restraints on a free market economy, the experiences of other countries attempting to control health care costs while providing universal coverage, the complications of global budgeting, and ways to safeguard medical excellence and innovation if global budgeting is adopted.</p>","PeriodicalId":79747,"journal":{"name":"The Medical staff counselor","volume":"7 3","pages":"35-49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20998146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"OIG (Office of Inspector General) fraud alerts and management advisory report can be useful.","authors":"H H Cohen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79747,"journal":{"name":"The Medical staff counselor","volume":"7 3","pages":"81-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20998149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Health care reform and the practice of medicine.","authors":"S Domolky","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Widespread concern about the high cost of health care and the growing number of uninsured is fueling a movement for major reform of the American health care system. The public forum is now inundated with reform proposals. This article analyzes the roots of the current health care crisis and the substance of a number of key reform plans, with special attention to the implications of reform for physicians.</p>","PeriodicalId":79747,"journal":{"name":"The Medical staff counselor","volume":"7 1","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20994267","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Physicians' tort liability for communications relating to AIDS.","authors":"S Taub","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article reviews some of the case law in which individuals have sued based on communications made in connection with AIDS, with particular focus on cases involving the tort liability of physicians and hospitals for various types of failures in communication and breaches of confidentiality.</p>","PeriodicalId":79747,"journal":{"name":"The Medical staff counselor","volume":"7 1","pages":"41-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20994269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Inspector General's fraud alerts: questionable utility for hospitals and practitioners.","authors":"M W Peregrine, D K Thiel","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79747,"journal":{"name":"The Medical staff counselor","volume":"7 1","pages":"79-87"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20995231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Curbing the abuse of summary suspension. California Medical Association.","authors":"A R Chenen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79747,"journal":{"name":"The Medical staff counselor","volume":"7 1","pages":"89-90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20995232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}