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.
Prisoners and Detainees. A prisoner is anyone who is deprived of personal liberty against his or her will following conviction of a crime. Although not afforded all the privileges of a free citizen, a prisoner is assured certain minimal rights by the U.S. Constitution and the moral standards of the community. Detainees are individuals who are kept in jail even though they have not yet been convicted of a crime.