Prerequisites: HSM 240 and either HSM 280 or PHIL 284.
This course explores the foundations of healthcare law. Key topics include informed consent, joint ventures, medical staff issues, credentialing, liability, and bioethical concerns such as end-of-life decision-making. Additionally, the course explores risk management strategies, fraud and abuse regulations, and other critical healthcare laws. Students will gain insight into the law-making process, the role of regulatory bodies, and their impact on healthcare operations. Emphasis is placed on understanding and applying these concepts to case studies and real-world healthcare management scenarios.
Outcomes: Examine the structure of the US legal system and its application to healthcare regulations and judicial processes; Describe the principles of liability as they pertain to healthcare organizations, medical staff, and joint ventures; Identify key government regulations impacting healthcare services, professionals, and organizational compliance; Analyze bioethical issues in healthcare regulations, including end-of-life decision-making, negligence, malpractice, informed consent, and the use of human research subjects and their connection to healthcare regulation; Discuss risk management practices and strategies to prevent healthcare fraud, abuse, and regulatory violations.
This course explores the foundations of healthcare law. Key topics include informed consent, joint ventures, medical staff issues, credentialing, liability, and bioethical concerns such as end-of-life decision-making. Additionally, the course explores risk management strategies, fraud and abuse regulations, and other critical healthcare laws. Students will gain insight into the law-making process, the role of regulatory bodies, and their impact on healthcare operations. Emphasis is placed on understanding and applying these concepts to case studies and real-world healthcare management scenarios.
Outcomes: Examine the structure of the US legal system and its application to healthcare regulations and judicial processes; Describe the principles of liability as they pertain to healthcare organizations, medical staff, and joint ventures; Identify key government regulations impacting healthcare services, professionals, and organizational compliance; Analyze bioethical issues in healthcare regulations, including end-of-life decision-making, negligence, malpractice, informed consent, and the use of human research subjects and their connection to healthcare regulation; Discuss risk management practices and strategies to prevent healthcare fraud, abuse, and regulatory violations.