When Curing Health Care Costs Creates Liability

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dc.contributor.authorNielson, Normaeng
dc.contributor.authorMukatis, W. A.eng
dc.date.accessioned2010-12-10T21:07:03Z
dc.date.available2010-12-10T21:07:03Z
dc.date.issued1988
dc.descriptionPermission granted Nov. 29, 2010. “Reprinted with permission Risk Management Magazine, Copyright 1988 Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. All rights reserved.”eng
dc.description.abstractIn Wickline versus State of California (1986), the jury held that third-party payors of health care services can be held legally accountable when medically inappropriate decisions result from faulty design or implementation of cost-containment mechanisms. A key element in determining potential liability is establishing whether medical personnel are either corporate agents/employees or independent contractors. When the employer hires medical personnel, potential liability is the greatest. Even without direct hiring, courts may hold that cost control is sufficient to establish a master-servant relationship or that employee perceptions of an employer's closeness to the medical decision making warrants the finding of liability under the theory of apparent authority. The use of an independent trust to select medical care might insulate the employer from liability, but any direct benefit might posit a case for vicarious liability.eng
dc.description.refereedYeseng
dc.identifier.citationNielson, N. L. and W. A. Mukatis. "When Curing Health Care Costs Creates Liability." Risk Management. Volume 35, No. 1. (January 1988) pp. 34-41.eng
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/34030
dc.identifier.issn0035-5593
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/48298
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherRisk and Insurance Management Society Inc.eng
dc.publisher.corporateUniversity of Calgaryeng
dc.publisher.facultyHaskayne School of Businesseng
dc.publisher.urlhttp://www.rmmagazine.com/MGTemplate.cfm?Section=Permissions&NavMenuID=388eng
dc.subjectRisk managementeng
dc.subjectNegligenceeng
dc.subject.otherLitigationeng
dc.subject.otherLiabilityeng
dc.subject.otherHealth care expenditureseng
dc.subject.otherHealth care deliveryeng
dc.subject.otherEmployerseng
dc.subject.otherEmployee benefitseng
dc.subject.otherCourt decisionseng
dc.subject.otherCost controleng
dc.titleWhen Curing Health Care Costs Creates Liabilityeng
dc.typejournal article
thesis.degree.disciplineRisk Management & Insuranceeng
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