Law is quite old; modern healthcare is quite new.  Even with this distinction they both are similar in that they are evolving.  Explain in detail relying on course materials. 

Depositions and interrogatories are methods of “discovery.”

For a doctor–patient relationship to exist, a physician must have direct, in-person contact with the patient.

An organization’s lawyer represents the organization, not any individual who works for it.

A physician publishes “before and after” photographs of a cosmetic surgery patient without the patient’s consent. The patient’s identity can be discerned from the photographs. The physician is potentially liable for:

The contract necessary to form a provider–patient relationship can be express, implied, or inferred.

Of the following transactions, which is the most likely to be considered “ultra vires” if undertaken by a hospital corporation?

Besides saving enough money for the Medicare program, what else does an accountable care organization (ACO) need to do to obtain “shared savings”?

Congress has eliminated the “shared responsibility payment” (i.e. tax penalty) associated with the ACA’s individual mandate.  This statutory change was a key issue in the constitutionality of the ACA in Supreme Court case of

Suppose you have three components in parallel. The first component works with probability , the second component works with probability , and the third component works with probability . What is the probability that the whole system works?