Healthcare Legal & Regulatory Environment
This course introduces students to the legal and regulatory environment of healthcare. The course emphasizes common law, federal and state laws, and regulations that impact and affect healthcare providers and stakeholders. Major concepts include liability, malpractice, contracts, torts, anti-trust, taxation, insurance, fraud and abuse.
Prerequisites: HSM 240 and (PHIL 284 or HSM 280).
Outcomes: 1) Identify components of the US legal system and their relationship to the healthcare setting; 2) Differentiate the major governmental factors that regulate healthcare corporate structure, finances and practices; 3) Identify how fraud and abuse frameworks and laws impact healthcare institutions and group practices; 4) Examine the impact of malpractice and liability on the delivery, financing and administration of healthcare; 5) Apply risk identification and risk management principles to the healthcare environment; and 6) Evaluate the complexity of the legal environment and its impact on healthcare delivery.
Prerequisites: HSM 240 and (PHIL 284 or HSM 280).
Outcomes: 1) Identify components of the US legal system and their relationship to the healthcare setting; 2) Differentiate the major governmental factors that regulate healthcare corporate structure, finances and practices; 3) Identify how fraud and abuse frameworks and laws impact healthcare institutions and group practices; 4) Examine the impact of malpractice and liability on the delivery, financing and administration of healthcare; 5) Apply risk identification and risk management principles to the healthcare environment; and 6) Evaluate the complexity of the legal environment and its impact on healthcare delivery.