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Assignment: (2-3 pages. Must include Abstract and Conclusion)
The Medical Staff Coordinator has again called upon your expertise in the area of health care law. You have been asked to provide a written discussion of the basic fundamentals of law. The Coordinator has asked you to provide the information outlined below and to use research (at least 2 sources) to substantiate your discussion.
Discuss 1 of the following Acts, and use the questions below to guide your response:
• Privacy Act
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
• Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act
• Health Care Quality Improvement Act
• Ethics in Patient Referral Act
• Patient Self-Determination Act
• Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
The following questions are to guide your response:
• What is the date of enactment of this Act?
• What led to the enactment of this Act?
• What are the criminal penalties, if any, for violation of this Act?
• Who is governed by this Act?
• What are some of the key provisions of this Act?
• Discuss the impact the Act has had on health care since it was implemented.
Use APA formatting and citation standards. Use at least 2 scholarly references published within the last 5 years to substantiate your work.