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Discharge status

1. Disposition of the patient at the time of hospital discharge. This may be documented as patient left against medical advice, patient released to home, patient transferred to a skilled nursing facility or acute care hospital, or patient expired. 2. The patient discharge status is entered in Field 17 of the Uniform Bill (UB-04) inpatient hospital billing claim form.

Discharge summary

Report prepared by the patient’s attending physician at the conclusion of a patient’s hospital stay that summarizes the diagnosis, treatment, and results and outlines any further treatment after discharge. Also see abstract and discharge plan .

Disclaimer

In managed care plans, this is a form used when a patient presents for services without a referral to a specialist. It may also be used when a patient accesses services of a primary care provider (PCP) who is not the patient’s designated PCP or is not in the PCP’s call share group. The patient is asked to sign this form to indicate an understanding that he or she may be financially responsible for charges incurred during the visit.

Disclaimer notices

Notices displayed in public access premises such as hotels, garages, etc., or where property is left. The bailee or occupier of premises may seek to exempt or restrict liability for loss or damage to property or personal injury. The Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 prohibits businesses from exempting their liability for death or injury resulting from negligence. Exemption of liability for loss/damage to property resulting from negligence is allowed if reasonable, but the disclaimer notice will not be effective unless it has first been brought to the attention of the bailor or other party.

Disclosure

UK: 1. Requirement under PA93 and PA95 to disclose information about pension schemes to interested parties. The principal regulations are the Occupational Pension Schemes (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 1996. 2. FSA rules that require an exempt professional firm, before it provides a service that includes carrying on a regulated activity, to disclose in writing to the client that it is not authorised under FSMA. 3. The FSA obliges life insurers to advise individual policyholders that they may purchase their annuity from a different life office via the open market option. Also life policyholders requesting surrender values must be told that they may be able to sell their policy (see TRADED ENDOWMENT POLICIES), 4. FSA disclosure rules concern charges, remuneration and commission (Conduct of Business Rule 5.7). They oblige advisers to make consumers buying retail investment products (e.g. life insurance) aware of their status, the scope of their advice, a clear explanation of the costs of the products so that easy comparisons can be made and nection the advisers may have to the providers. An initial disclosure document must be given at the initial point of contact and a repeat disclosure document when a product is recommended. Independent advisers have to offer the option of payment by fee rather than just commission. See UTMOST GOOD FAITH; STATUS DISCLOSURE; PRODUCT DISCLOSURE; DISCLOSURE OF BASIS OF ADVICE.
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A stage in legal proceedings at which the parties to a suit must disclose to each other documents in their respective possession.
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MEDICAL,USA: Release or divulgence of information by an entity to persons or organizations outside of that entity.
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The duty of an applicant and his broker to tell the underwriter every material circumstance before acceptance of risk.