Sentences with phrase «act as a physician»

Anyone who possesses these skills, and is also ready to act as a physician's assistant during a medical procedure, is well on the road to success.

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Insurers, once forbidden from supervising physician work, now act as managers, peering over the shoulders of doctors in a vain effort to counteract payment incentives that have created an oversupply of insured care.

Medicare's architects also appointed insurance companies to act as program administrators, to operate as intermediaries between the federal government and hospitals and physicians, a role that they have to this day.

Noting that an important goal of the Affordable Care Act is enrolling the uninsured in insurance plans — which will theoretically put more money in doctors» pockets — Jackson said, «As major stakeholders and advocates in this effort, physicians should be educated about how these changes will impact them, their patients and their prospective patients.»

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

NOW YOU KNOW WHAT ORWELLIAN UNITED STATES CONGRESS (USSR # 2 which consists of lawyers or what are liars, physicians / doctors and family members of effected individuals who suffered some sort of brain desease etc.... lawyers, so crime per physicians OR WHAT IS HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION can get away with it) AND OTHER GOVERNMENTS WORLDWIDE ARE SOOO BUSY WITH WHEN PLAYING / CLOWNING (acting) IN FRONT OF CAMERAS ONLY HOW SOMETHING HAVE TO BE DONE (deliberately omitting / delaying facts of genocide as seen on this complain)... NO DIFFERENT FROM ROMNEY WHOSE FATHER EXCELLED AFTER GM WAS DELIBERATELY SCREWED / BANKRUPT LIKE AMERICA TODAY (soon to be success based on deliberate sabotage which is nothing else than grand treason / betrayal with acts of genocide against targeted white population)!!!

NOW YOU KNOW WHAT ORWELLIAN UNITED STATES CONGRESS (USSR # 2 which consists of lawyers or what are liars and physicians as well as family member of health efected individuals... Why lawyers!!? So crime per physicians OR WHAT IS HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION can get away with it) AND OTHER GOVERNMENTS WORLDWIDE ARE SOOO BUSY WITH WHEN PLAYING / CLOWNING (acting) IN FRONT OF CAMERAS ONLY HOW SOMETHING HAVE TO BE DONE (deliberately omitting / delaying facts of genocide as seen on this complain) NO DIFFERENT FROM ROMNEY»S FATHER WHO EXCELLED AFTER GM WAS DELIBERATELY SCREWED / BANKRUPT (LIKE AMERICA TODAY = success based on deliberate sabotage = known as grand treason)!!!

Information may come from the scientific literature or from individual physicians directly involved in a given case or acting as consultants.

NOW YOU KNOW WHAT ORWELLIAN UNITED STATES CONGRESS (USSR number 2 which consists of lawyers or what are liars and physicians... lawyers, so crime per physicians can get away with it) AND OTHER GOVERNMENTS WORLDWIDE ARE SOOO BUSY WITH WHEN PLAYING / CLOWNING (acting) IN FRONT OF CAMERAS ONLY HOW SOMETHING HAVE TO BE DONE (deliberately omitting / delaying facts of genocide as seen on this complain) ROMNEY»S FATHER ALIKE WHO EXCELLED AFTER GM WAS DELIBERATELY BANKRUPT (LIKE AMERICA TODAY = success based on deliberate sabotage = known as grand treason)!!!

NOW YOU KNOW WHAT ORWELLIAN UNITED STATES CONGRESS (USSR # 2 which consists of lawyers or what are liars and physicians... lawyers, so crime per physicians can get away with it) AND OTHER GOVERNMENTS WORLDWIDE ARE SOOO BUSY WITH WHEN PLAYING / CLOWNING (acting) IN FRONT OF CAMERAS ONLY HOW SOMETHING HAVE TO BE DONE (deliberately omitting / delaying facts of genocide as seen on this complain) ROMNEY»S FATHER ALIKE WHO EXCELLED AFTER GM WAS DELIBERATELY BANKRUPT (LIKE AMERICA TODAY) = success based on deliberate sabotage = known as grand treason!!!)

But this time in Oregon, the home state of the Hemlock Society, physician - assisted suicide was presented as a matter of personal autonomy, an act of Socratic dignity, the gentle embrace of death.

NOW YOU KNOW WHAT ORWELLIAN UNITED STATES CONGRESS (USSR # 2 which consists of lawyers or what are liars and physicians... lawyers, so crime per physicians can get away with it) AND OTHER GOVERNMENTS WORLDWIDE ARE SO BUSY WITH WHEN PLAYING / CLOWNING (acting) IN FRONT OF CAMERAS ONLY HOW SOMETHING HAVE TO BE DONE (deliberately omitting / delaying facts of genocide as seen on this complain) ROMNEY»S FATHER ALIKE WHO EXCELLED AFTER GM WAS DELIBERATELY BANKRUPT (LIKE AMERICA TODAY = success based on deliberate sabotage = known as grand treason!!!)

But if physicians are going to act irresponsibly, as Annas believes the researchers in the Netherlands did, then more laws may be needed, Annas said.

As a psychiatric physician who specializes in the stress management and treatment of emergency responders and healthcare professionals, I have serious concerns with the mental health reporting requirements of the SAFE Act.

-- The attending physician is the person who first deems the patient terminal; he / she is the same person who declares the patient is capable, acting voluntarily and making an informed decision; he / she is the same person who writes the prescription or dispenses the medications directly; and he / she is the same person to sign the patient's death certificate; and he / she is required to lie on the death certificate by writing the terminal illness as the cause of death, not the lethal drugs -LRB-!).

As reported this weekend in the New York Times, Governor Andrew Cuomo is set to propose changes to the state's policies on abortion as part of his «Women's Equality Act» introduced during his State of the State Address that include allow health care practitioners, not solely physicians, from performing the procedurAs reported this weekend in the New York Times, Governor Andrew Cuomo is set to propose changes to the state's policies on abortion as part of his «Women's Equality Act» introduced during his State of the State Address that include allow health care practitioners, not solely physicians, from performing the proceduras part of his «Women's Equality Act» introduced during his State of the State Address that include allow health care practitioners, not solely physicians, from performing the procedure.

Interest has grown because of the shortage of primary care physicians, which will likely worsen as more Americans acquire medical coverage under the federal Affordable Care Act.

«He's very forward - thinking and strategic,» and «very close to the practice of both medicine and basic science,» which should serve him well as acting commissioner, says Barbara McNeil, who chairs FDA's Science board and is a physician and health care policy expert at Harvard.

Black physicians as well as white recommend patients for drug trials, and they act on those results when writing prescriptions.

As required by law, the Public Health Department of the Oregon Health Authority has released its annual report for 2011 on physician - assisted suicides under that state's Death with Dignity Act (DWDA).

Functional medicine physician, OB / GYN, and women's health expert Anna Cabeca, DO, FACOG, ABAARM, explains that «as an adrenal hormone, DHEA acts as an androgen and naturally declines as we age and are stressed.

She works with their physicians and they pay their physicians, they have insurance, or they don't, it's none of her business, but she acts as an advisor and a coach.

Meglitinides (Starlix / Nateglinides, Prandin / Repaglinide)-- These medications are short acting sulphonylureas and are not used clinically by the vast majority of physicians as patients would rather take the stronger ones less often.

Women were placed in harm's way by their physicians, who acted as unsuspecting patsies for the drug companies.

The IMA is the official workers» organization representing the physicians in Israel, and acts as an independent, apolitical, professional organization, which seeks to advance the cause of physicians and medicine in Israel.

Act as liaison between family physicians and specialists, the school district, athletes and their parents

As an MRO, you are prohibited from doing the following as part of the verification process: (e) You must not verify a test negative based on information that a physician recommended that the employee use a drug listed in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances AcAs an MRO, you are prohibited from doing the following as part of the verification process: (e) You must not verify a test negative based on information that a physician recommended that the employee use a drug listed in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Acas part of the verification process: (e) You must not verify a test negative based on information that a physician recommended that the employee use a drug listed in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.

Far more from their being adventure seeking creatures, they are believed to have the natural ability to literally cure themselves, and act as nature's physicians.

Your general practice veterinarian has excellent training in veterinary medicine and acts as a family practice physician to your pet.

They act as consultants who support the practice of your family veterinarian in a way that is similar to the way your primary care physician may refer you to a specialist for further assessment and diagnosis.

They were instrumental in introducing a practice act for veterinary medicine into law in 1895 when veterinarians joined physicians as one of the first licensed professions in New York State.

MEDIA CONTACTS: Cindy MacKenzie or Kat English MacKenzie Communications [phone] [email protected] INSTITUTE AT THE GOLDEN GATE SPURS NATIONAL «PARK PRESCRIPTIONS» MOVEMENT Institute Unites Cross-Sector Coalition to Advance Health and the Outdoors; Program to be Highlighted in «America's Great Outdoors» Listening Session on August 31 SAUSALITO, CA, August 27, 2010: The Institute at the Golden Gate takes its message to «connect, collaborate, inspire and act» to the national stage next week as a cross-sector coalition of physicians, environmentalists, park managers, health insurers, government officials and youth leaders gather in Chicago to advance the growing Park Prescriptions movement.

During Castillero's ownership, Dr. James B. Shaw, an English physician, acted as manager of the island.

«In Gonzales v. Raich, the Supreme Court rejected a constitutional challenge to the Controlled Substance Act, as applied to the cultivation, possession and use of cannabis for medical purposes as recommended by a physician and authorized by state law.

Medical malpractice is defined as any act or omission by a physician during treatment of a patient that deviates from accepted norms of practice in the medical community and causes an injury to the patient.

In the case of physician - assisted suicide in Washington, the doctor is allowed to prescribe (oral) drugs that the person ingests: only a doctor is permitted to do this, both under the DWD Act and as a consequence that only a doctor can prescribe the drugs.

Notable mandates: Represented physicians involved in providing care to Ashley Smith during the 2013 coroner's inquest; acted for Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne in a defamation action against Ontario Progressive Conservative party leader Tim Hudak and energy critic Lisa MacLeod; in Wise v. Iran, acted for a Canadian victim of a suicide bombing (executed by individuals who received material support from Iran) who sought leave to intervene in ongoing proceedings commenced by United States plaintiffs in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice seeking orders recognizing the enforceability in Ontario of judgments they obtained from a U.S. court against Iran totaling about $ 370 million; in Khadr v. Edmonton Institution, acted as lead counsel for an intervener, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, to argue that in interpreting Omar Khadr's sentence for the purpose of enforcing it in Canada, Correctional Services Canada was obliged to consider Khadr's right to liberty and principles of fundamental justice; acted for a physician in a malpractice claim in Moore v. Getahun, a precedent - setting case about restrictions on communication between counsel and experts in preparation of expert reports.

She has acted as counsel for hospitals, nurses, physicians and other health practitioners at inquests, civil trials, various levels of courts and administrative tribunals, including the Health Professions Appeal and Review Board.

Ms. Boyle regularly advises health care providers on the myriad regulatory issues they face, such as compliance with the Stark law, the anti-kickback statute, and the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA); gainsharing; medical staff and peer review; clinical integration, physician recruitment, and compensation; medical staff bylaws; management arrangements; and electronic medical records.

According to Illinois law, a patient must show: that the physician owed him a duty of care, that the physician breached that duty (acted below the standard of care), that the patient suffered an injury as a result of the breach in duty.

Mukhuti, working out of Seetonville, was one of a number of physicians around the province who agreed to act as adjunct coroners when the need arose.

In many cases, a patient requires his or her physician to act as the patient's «navigator» through the health care system.

And this is what I understand to be the meaning of our lawyers, when they say that these civil corporations are liable to no visitation; that is, that the law having by immemorial usage appointed them to be visited and inspected by the king their founder, in his majesty's court of king's bench, according to the rules of the common law, they ought not to be visited elsewhere, or by any other authority.53 And this is so strictly true, that though the king by his letters patent had subjected the college of physicians to the visitation of four very respectable persons, the lord chancellor, the two chief justices, and the chief baron; though the college had accepted this carter with all possible marks of acquiescence, and had acted under it for near a century; yet, in 1753, the authority of this provision coming in dispute, on an appeal preferred to these supposed visitors, they directed the legality of their own appointment to be argued: and, as this college was a mere civil, and not an eleemosynary foundation, they at length determined, upon several days solemn debate, that they had no jurisdiction as visitors; and remitted the appellant (if aggrieved) to his regular remedy in his majesty's court of king's bench.

These are records (1) of students who are 18 years or older or are attending post-secondary educational institutions, (2) maintained by a physician, psychiatrist, psychologist, or recognized professional or paraprofessional acting or assisting in that capacity, (3) that are made, maintained, or used only in connection with the provision of treatment to the student, and (4) that are not available to anyone, except a physician or appropriate professional reviewing the record as designated by the student.

For example, one commenter explained that when the Department awards single - source contracts, such as to a Medicare carrier acting as a fiscal intermediary that then becomes a business partner of a health care provider, the physician is left with no viable alternative if required to terminate the contract.

I take on matters pertaining to: corporate practice and structure; fraud and abuse, such as the False Claims Act, the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Physician Self - Referral Law, the Exclusion Authorities, and the Civil Monetary Penalties Law; health information privacy and security (HIPAA and HITECH Act), and healthcare reimbursement and collections.

The booking for the Trip must be the first and only booking for this travel period and destination, You are not disabled from travel at the time You pay the premium, and You must purchase this policy for the full non-refundable cost of Your Trip; 2) Suicide, attempted suicide or any intentionally self - inflicted Injury while sane or insane (in Missouri, sane only) committed by You, Traveling Companion, or Family Member whether insured or not; 3) War, invasion, acts of foreign enemies, hostilities between nations (whether declared or not), civil war (does not apply to Cancel for Work Reasons coverage); 4) Participation in any military maneuver or training exercise (does not apply to Cancel for Work Reasons coverage); 5) Piloting or learning to pilot or acting as a member of the crew of any aircraft; 6) Mental or emotional disorders, unless hospitalized; 7) Participation as a professional in athletics; 8) Being under the influence of drugs or intoxicants, unless prescribed by a Physician; 9) Commission or the attempt to commit a criminal act by You, Traveling Companion or Family Member whether insured or not; 10) Participating in bodily contact sports; skydiving; hang gliding; parachuting; any race, bungee cord jumping; speed contest; spelunking or caving; (Does not apply while on Your Trip if You purchase Sports Coverage); 11) Participating in extreme skiing or mountaineering (mountaineering below 15,000 feet is covered while on Your Trip if You purchase Sports Coverage); 12) Dental treatment except as a result of Accidental Injury to sound natural teeth; 13) Pregnancy and childbirth (except for Complications of Pregnancy or as specifically provided under Part A); 14) Traveling for the purpose of securing medical treatment.

Suicide, attempted suicide or any intentionally self - inflicted injury of you, a traveling companion, family member or business partner booked to travel with you, while sane or insane; an act of declared or undeclared war; participating in maneuvers or training exercises of an armed service, except while participating in weekend or summer training for the reserve forces of the United States, including the National Guard; riding or driving in races, or speed or endurance competitions or events; mountaineering (engaging in the sport of scaling mountains generally requiring the use of picks, ropes, or other special equipment); participating as a member of a team in an organized sporting competition or participating as a professional in a stunt, athletic or sporting event or competition; participating in skydiving or parachuting, parasailing, hang gliding, bungee cord jumping, extreme skiing, skiing outside marked trails or heli - skiing, mountaineering, any race, speed contests not including any of the regatta races, spelunking or caving, hot air ballooning, or scuba diving if the depth exceeds 120 feet (40 meters) or if you are not certified to dive and a dive master is not present during the dive; piloting or learning to pilot or acting as a member of the crew of any aircraft; being intoxicated or under the influence of any controlled substance unless as administered or prescribed by a legally qualified physician; the commission of or attempt to commit a felony or being engaged in an illegal occupation; normal childbirth or pregnancy (except complications of pregnancy) or voluntarily induced abortion; dental treatment (except as coverage is otherwise specifically provided herein); amounts which exceed the maximum benefit amount for each coverage as shown in the Schedule of Benefits; due to a pre-existing condition, as defined in the plan documents.

Act as clients» and foster homes» liaison with physicians, dentists, and clinics, scheduling appointments and conveying or annotating pertinent information...

Scheduled office visits, prepared patient charts, efficiently taking messages and acting as liaison between patient and physician