This month’s featured titles include:
New Title: A Practical Guide to Medicare Appeals by Daniel A. Cody and Kathleen Scully-Hayes.
American Bar Association, 2007
Call Number: KF 3608 .A4 S28 2007
Part of ABA’s Practical Guide Series, this new book gives guidance in the practical aspects of appeals under Title XVII of the Social Security Act, commonly known as the Medicare program. Practically every aspect of Medicare includes the right to an appeal for individuals and entities dissatisfied with either the coverage or the payment provided. The authors have consolidated into this single resource a concise overview of the numerous appeal options available under Parts, A, B, C, and D of the Medicare program. The Guide includes a brief historical overview of the four parts of Medicare as well as citations to - and an appendix of - controlling regulations for each appeal process. Also included is a detailed chart of the recently revised Part A and Part B “fee for service” appeals process for beneficiaries. Web sites are provided for each appeal venue, as well as information regarding several not-for-profit groups that may offer guidance or assistance to Medicare beneficiaries.
New Edition: Dahl’s Law Dictionary, 4th edition, by Henry Saint Dahl
W.S. Hein Co., 2006
Call Number: K 52.S6 D33 2006
Now in its fourth edition, Dahl’s was the first bilingual legal dictionary containing encyclopedic definitions. This new edition includes more than 11,000 words and phrases to aid researchers in defining legal terms in both English and Spanish, expanding and updating hundreds of words and phrases appearing in earlier editions.
English readers will be able to understand Spanish and Latin American legal concepts through definitions pulled from such sources as the five basic Spanish codes (Civil, Commercial, Criminal, Civil Procedural, and Criminal Procedural), the Civil Code of Louisiana (once a Spanish Territory), the Standard Penal Code for Latin America, and decisions from the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. The Mexican Civil Code and Labor Code also provide many definitions, while to a lesser extent sections of Costa Rican, Guatemalan, Honduran, Nicaraguan, and Panamanian legal texts are also cited.
Likewise, the Spanish reader will gain knowledge of the American legal system through fundamental legal sources such as the U.S. Constitution, the Uniform Commercial Code, the Model Penal Code, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, four Restatements of the Law (Conflict of Laws, Contracts, Judgments and Torts), and decisions of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico defining American terms. |