Health Attorney

Question 1

Overview

Answer 1

• involves working on cases and policies
• ranging from clients seeking medical to insurance coverage, regulation of health care institutions to occupational health and safety

Question 2

Students interested in health care law can select between many different practices like

Answer 2

• serving clients directly
• counselling agencies
• doing policy work

Question 3

Skills

Answer 3

• analytical and logical thinking
• communication skills
• negotiation

Question 4

Skills: analytical and logical thinking

Answer 4

• capable of understanding complex cases, manage a considerable amount of material and find necessary info to settle legal disputes

Question 5

Skills: communication skills

Answer 5

write or speak in a manner that is clear, concise and logical

Question 6

Skills: negotiation

Answer 6

help 2 diff parties come to an agreement

Question 7

Responsibilities

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• provision of health care services and benefits
• interpreting complicated health care regulations and statuses
• advising health care institutions, doctors, pharm companies, and all other health care workers on issues that are governed by health care law (licencing, reimbursement, malpractice litigation)

Question 8

Education requirements

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• undergrad degree
• law school acceptance (80-84%) depending on the school
• LSAT sometimes (reading comprehension, organization and management of information and critical thinking)
• 5 35 minute MC sections
• 1 35 minute writing sample
• offered 4x a year
• ave acceptance grade 160/180 (80th percentile of all test takes)

Question 9

How long law school (health care law)

Answer 9

• 3 year program

Question 10

what does each year of law school consist of

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1. teaches you foundations of necessary law

2 + 3 electives focus on health care law

Question 11

How many schools are there in CA and ON?

Answer 11

20 CA

7 ON

Question 12

What is the last step to becoming a lawyer

Answer 12

passing prov bar exam

Question 13

What are the law schools in ON (7)

Answer 13

U of T
Osgood (york)
UWO
QU
U Of O
U of Windsor 
Lakehead

Question 14

what is the most expesive law school

Answer 14

U of T (30k)

Question 15

What is the least expensive law school

Answer 15

Lakehead (15k)

Question 16

regulatory arrangements

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• various regulatory bodies
• each prov has their own
• Ontario - law society of upper canada
• ensures indv are licensed, insured and qualified to guide clients through legal process
• self regulated profession
• purpose of bodies is to protect and advocate for public
• offers services such as “find a lawyer” and provides reviews and backgrounds on professionals

Question 17

Associations

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ex. Ontario bar association work to promote and protect the professionals

Question 18

How is the legal job market?

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sluggish

Question 19

Average sal

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$133 000

Question 20

where do they often work?

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in office

Question 21

Private practice v big firm

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private - self employed, set own hours, working independently, high risk
big firm - usually work under partner, 9-5 job, have to move way up

Question 22

Health risks

Answer 22

• unique health risks
• carpal tunnel syndrome
• lower back pain
• depression
• chronic stress (can trigger clinical depression)

Question 23

Borden Ladner Gervais

Answer 23

• legal council for hospitals, HCP’s and patients

BLG one of the biggest health care law firms in CA

Question 24

Crit Reflection

Answer 24

look at notes

Question 25

Brian Day v. government

Answer 25

• dr charged with hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees to patients (owns Cambie Surgeries)
• audit from a sample of Cambie’s billing that it and another private clinic had charged patients hundreds and thousands of dollars more for HC services covered by medicare than is permitted by law

Question 26

Brian Days argument

Answer 26

Wait times are harming health of seriously ill patients

Question 27

His lawyer

Answer 27

Peter Gall - HC expertise