This course provides an overview of healthcare policy, regulation andlaw. Topics include; sources of common, statutory, and constitutionallaw; contracts and intentional torts, the organization andmanagement of a corporate healthcare organization (HCO); for-profitand nonprofit HCOs, liability issues for individuals and HCOs,admission and discharge issues, medical staff appointments andprivileges, emergency care issues, consent issues for treatment,taxation and antitrust issues. Current issues in fraud, abuse andcorporate compliance programs are also covered.
