Insurance Billing for Sensitive Health Services: Limits on 3rd Party Billing
As the Affordable Care Act (ACA) continues to change the landscape of health care access by requiring free screening for sexually transmitted diseases (STD), it is also significantly impacting insurance and billing throughout the country.
Public Health Topic
Health Services, Infectious Disease Prevention and Control
Geography
51 Jurisdictions
source
LawAtlas
Date Range
May 31, 2013 - May 31, 2013
last Updated
Variables
- Does the state have any law concerning free health care services?
- Do any of the state laws concerning free health care services explicitly prohibit charging the patient?
- Do any of the state laws concerning free health care services explicitly prohibit charging a third party?
Registered Nurse Scope of Practice
This is a cross-sectional dataset displaying registered nurse scope of practice laws in effect as of August 1, 2015.
Public Health Topic
Health Services
Geography
51 Jurisdictions
source
LawAtlas
Date Range
August 1, 2015 - August 1, 2015
last Updated
Variables
- What medical activities are included in a registered nurse's scope of practice?
- Does the law authorize registered nurses to delegate medical activities to other health care professionals?
Dental Hygiene Practice Laws
This is a longitudinal dataset, displaying dental hygienist laws from January 1, 2013, to January 1, 2015.
Public Health Topic
Health Services, Oral Health
Geography
51 Jurisdictions
source
LawAtlas
Date Range
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2015
last Updated
Variables
- Are dental hygienists explicitly prohibited from practicing independently?
- Are dental hygienists allowed to perform scaling?
- Are dental hygienists allowed to apply fluoride?
- Are dental hygienists allowed to apply sealants?
- Plus 4 others...
Physician Scope of Practice Delegation Laws
This dataset identifies variation in state laws that explicitly define medical activities included in a physician's scope of practice, and addresses a physician's ability to delegate those medical activities to nurse practitioners, registered nurses, and physician assistants. It also explores the liability for medical errors in every state.
Public Health Topic
Health Services
Geography
51 Jurisdictions
source
LawAtlas
Date Range
April 30, 2015 - April 30, 2015
last Updated
Variables
- What medical activities are explicitly included in this jurisdiction's definition of medicine?
- Does the law allow a physician to delegate any medical activities to a nurse practitioner?
- Does the law allow a physician to delegate any medical activities to a registered nurse?
- Plus 1 others...
Recreational Marijuana Laws
At the federal level, the sale and possession of marijuana is illegal under the Controlled Substances Act of 1970. Alaska, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Oregon, and Washington State, however, have enacted laws that legalize marijuana use for recreational purposes.
Public Health Topic
Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs
Geography
51 Jurisdictions
source
LawAtlas
Date Range
August 4, 2014 - July 1, 2015
last Updated
Variables
- Does the state have a law authorizing recreational marijuana?
- What agency regulates the sale of recreational marijuana?
- Is marijuana required to be tested before it is sold?
- Can an in-state resident purchase marijuana?
- Can an out-of-state resident purchase marijuana?
- Plus 7 others...