Product Details: Lerner Survey of Health Care in New York
| Author: | Julie Lerner, Paul J. Lerner |
| Format: | Paperback: 313 pages. |
| Publisher: | Lerner Communications Ltd (09/01/1999) |
| ISBN: | 0966999916 |
| ISBN13: | 9780966999914 |
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Publisher Notes: Lerner Survey of Health Care in New York
Acknowledgments 9 Introduction 13 The Survey of Health Care Consumers 17 Part 1 Health Plans 23 Types of Companies That Provide Health Plans 24 Types of Health Plans 26 Survey Results and Company Information 28 Company Listings 32 What the Entries Mean 32 Managed-Care and Not-For-Profit Indemnity Companies 36 Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs) 87 Managed Care for Medicaid Enrollees 91 Getting What You Need from Your Health Plan 96 Part 2 Hospitals 99 About Hospitals 101 Hospital Listings 104 What the Entries Mean 104 Hospitals 109 Other Area Hospitals 175 Getting What You Need from a Hospital 193 Part 3 Free and Low-Cost Services, Alternative Health Care, and Specialized Resources 195 Free and Low-Cost Services 195 AIDS 196 Alcoholism/Addiction 198 Alzheimer's Disease 199 Cancer 199 Diabetes 202 Disabilities 202 Heart and Lung Diseases 204 Hemophilia 204 Mental Health 204 Multiple Sclerosis 206 Muscular Dystrophy 206 Poison Hotlines 207 Other Organizations 208 Alternative and Complementary Health Care 213 Individual and Self-Employed Persons' Health Resources 218 Medicare Information 222 Small-Business Health Plans 225 Specialized Resources 227 Children's Health and Parents' Resources 227 Elder Health 230 Gay/Lesbian Health 232 Hospice 233 Nursing 234 Psychiatric Centers 234 Women's Health 236 Useful Websites 240 New Jersey Information 244 Part 4 Your Legal Rights as a Health Care Consumer 247 Your Legal Rights in Any Health Plan under New York State Law 247 Your Legal Rights in a Managed-Care Plan under New York State Law 249 Your Right to Receive Information about Your Health Plan 252 Your Legal Rights in a Health Plan under Federal Law 254 Your Right to a Review of a Denial of Care 254 Women's Legal Rights to Health Care 256 Children's Legal Rights to Health Care 257 Your Right to Prompt Payment of Valid Claims 258 Your Right to Coverage for Pre-Existing Conditions 258 Your Legal Rights in a Hospital under New York State Law 259 "A Patient's Bill of Rights" in the Hospital 262 Your Right to Emergency Room (ER) Care 263 Your Right to Get a Copy of Your Medical Record 264 How to Contact State and City Regulators 265 Filing Complaints and Finding Information about Doctors and Other Practitioners 268 How to Send Mail to Health Care Companies 269 Part 5 Getting the Best Health Care 271 Advice about Getting the Best Health Care 271 Choosing a Doctor 276 Our Patient's Bill of Responsibilities 278 To Your Health 279 Glossary of Health Care Terms 281 Useful Organizations for Health Policy, Politics, and Information 288 Index 299 Notes 315 About the Lerners 319
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