Medical Assistant Research Papers Samples For Students

1. Scenario One: A medical assistant is working at a Catholic hospital but does not practice this religion. The Catholic hospital does not believe in the practice of performing tubal ligation procedures as birth control. The medical assistant has a patient who is 23 years old and currently has 5 children. She is requesting assistance in having this procedure done. The policy of this hospital is not to discuss any forms of birth control with patients. What should the medical assistant do since she does not believe in this policy?

Scenario One Commentary

Catholic hospitals are governed by Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic ...

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1. Differentiate between criminal law and civil law as related to the practicing medical assistant. Provide a real world example of each in relationship to working in a medical administrative or clinical environment.

Law is generally divided into two subcategories: criminal law and civil law.

Criminal law: Criminal law applies to scenarios where a felony or misdemeanor has occurred. Felony refers to a serious punishable act (such as murder, abuse, arson, etc) committed by an individual. Misdemeanor refers to a less serious punishable offense, which does not require imprisonment, but rather rehabilitation and fine. For a medical assistant, criminal law would apply when he/she fails to follow her duty due to negligence and causes harm to the ...

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1. Describe how local, state, and federal legislation and regulations affect patient care.
Federal and state laws aim at safeguarding patients’ rights and protecting them from fraud. There are confidentiality compliance and privacy laws (45 CFR, parts 160 and 164) that give patients the right to privacy, obtain or amend information in their medical records where legally possible and know what information has been collected about them. Patients in long term care, such as elderly patients, can exercise their right to information through 42 CFR, Part 483, section 483.10(b)(2) where they can get all their medical records ...