Outpatient Pain Management Programs. Aetna considers outpatient multi-disciplinary pain management programs medically necessary when all of the following criteria are met: If a surgical procedure or acute medical treatment is indicated, it has been performed prior to entry into the pain program; and.
HIPAAâs Impact on Prisonersâ Rights to Healthcare. By Alexander L. Bednar, J.D., LL.M. Candidate. Under the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution, it has been determined. that prisoners (or inmates) have a constitutional right to adequate health care.1 Texas has. codified societyâs requirement to give care to its incarcerated persons, and requires state prisons. to provide health care.2 Under the final HIPAA Privacy rule, identifiable health information.
HIV in prisons raises a number of issues that do not exist for the general community; one of these is mandatory HIV antibody testing. The earliest public policy debates on HIV in prisons focused not on care and prevention but on whether to mandate testing. In 2003, 19 state prison systems and the Federal Bureau of Prisons had mandatory HIV screening policies for their incoming inmates.(54). Prisoners cannot give true, free informed consent.