Practices
HEALTH
PROTECTION AND GUARANTEE OF RIGHTS IN ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE
The area of Health Law plays a fundamental role in ensuring adequate access to healthcare, addressing everything from the relationship with health insurance providers to the liability of medical professionals and institutions. Maragno Advogados offers comprehensive advisory services to protect the interests of both patients and healthcare professionals, with a focus on consultative, preventive, and contentious actions.
For Patients:
Health Law is essential to ensure that patients' rights are respected and that they have access to necessary treatments. When health insurance companies refuse to cover treatments or provide medications, the intervention of a specialized attorney is crucial to ensure justice.
For Healthcare Professionals and Institutions:
Specialized legal support is vital for healthcare professionals and institutions facing legal challenges such as accusations of medical malpractice, contractual disputes with health insurers, or administrative processes before regulatory agencies.
Maragno Advogados offers services across multiple fronts, focusing on safeguarding rights and ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations in both public and private sectors.
Maragno Advogados offers a specialized and humanized approach to Health Law, focusing on quick and effective solutions to protect the rights of its clients.
Description of services
1) DENIAL OF TREATMENT: Representation of patients in legal actions against health insurance companies that deny prescribed treatments, based on established jurisprudence and the defense of human dignity.
2) PROVISION OF MEDICATIONS: Legal actions to ensure the provision of high-cost medications or those not included in the ANS (National Health Agency) list, using injunctions and legal rationale to protect patients' rights.
3) ESSENTIAL SURGERIES: Defense of patients who have been denied surgeries, such as bariatric or gender reassignment surgeries, seeking favorable rulings based on medical necessity and legal precedents.
4) HOME CARE: Legal actions to ensure coverage for home care services for patients requiring continuous care, advocating for comprehensive treatment.
5) PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES: Defense of patients’ rights to receive necessary prostheses and orthoses for their treatment, confronting improper refusals and coverage exclusions.
6) UNFAIR ADJUSTMENTS IN HEALTH PLANS: Legal actions to challenge excessive adjustments in individual and group health plans, defending contractual and financial balance for clients.
7) MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LIABILITY: Advisory services for healthcare professionals facing medical malpractice lawsuits, focusing on technical defense and minimizing career damage.
8) REGULATORY ACTIONS: Consulting services for healthcare professionals and institutions to ensure compliance with ANVISA (Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency) regulations and other supervisory bodies, minimizing risks and avoiding administrative penalties.
