PUBPOL 5543 - Health Law for Managers

Fall. 1 credit. Letter grades only.

Enrollment limited to: EMHA students.

J. Weinstein.

This course examines how health law and regulations affect health care systems so that administrators and executives can proactively plan to avoid pitfalls that impede operational efficiencies, quality of care delivered and organizational profitability. By presenting a wide range of legal issues encountered in health care, this course is designed to equip students with an understanding of the legal environment in which health care services are provided and to develop skills in analyzing many of the current legal and ethical issues facing health care practitioners, administrators and other decision-makers.

Outcome 1: Use substantive legal doctrine fundamental to this course to identify and evaluate ethical considerations and other requirements professionals and organizations must comply with in the practice of medicine.

Outcome 2: Describe the legal issues that affect health care providers and apply legal reasoning and analysis to solve problems in a logical and structured manner to issues covered in this course.

Outcome 3: Explain how risks arise by examining real life cases involving fraud and abuse, tort liability, medical malpractice, and be able to communicate effectively as to the legal reasoning and analysis of these cases.