LAW 7166 :
Health Care Bus and Compliance

Prerequisite: Health Care and the Law (LAW 7028) The law plays a critical role in dictating how health care is financed in the United States - from setting conditions for provider paymentd in government-funded programs like Medicare and Medicaid to establishing mandates at the federal, state and local levels for the maintenance of tax exemptions. This course builds on Health Care and the Law, which is a prerequisite. It focuses on business relationships among the various players in a hospital system (medical staff, nurses, administrators, boards, funders, other health care providers, etc.) and how laws governing quality, privacy, professional autonomy, and reimbursement impact these relationships. It explores what makes a highly regulated health care system competitive, what drives decisions to acquire or discard health care providers, and how transactions are structured to the benefit of the hospital and its patients. Exam Info: Exam administered during exam period.