Business Law: About Orthodontists Laws and Malpractices (Essay Sample)

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The Waiver and arbitration agreement of Orthodontist are that patients are supposed to sign a contract before the beginning of any treatment. These contracts specify the rights the patients have to recover in case of any damages caused during the process of treatment. However this contracts at times limit the way that a patient can file a reasonable personal injury lawsuit. Besides recovery for damages, the contracts also include the terms of payments. Most Orthodontist will charge a non-refundable fee once records have been done CITATION POU05 \l 1033 (POULTON, et al., 2005). They also require payment in full before commencing treatment. Other times, the treatment fee may fluctuate and this causes the payment of the patient to go high as well.
Cases of unfair billing practices have been reported. Where an Orthodontist deliberately overcharges a patient or claims money from the insurance company and the individual. That also besides the treatment malpractices can be included in them and it automatically entitles a victim to damages CITATION POU05 \l 1033 (POULTON, et al., 2005).
Dental fraud is an intentional act of deception and misinterpreting the facts about treatment so as to gain unauthorized advantages. The billing for services not provided for is unlawful and some dentists have become victims of copayments and waiving of coinsurance. This makes insurance companies incur expenses they would not have CITATION POU05 \l 1033 (POULTON, et al., 2005). The premium costs for the policy holders also shoots up. Most insurance companies and the government healthcare do not allow providers to waive patient's deductibles.
The sanctions that the law gives incase of the violation of the normal methods of treatment are, exclusion from the plac...