Health Care Financing

Catalog description

Health Law MJ students should take Law 903 in conjunction with Law 904. Health Law LLM students should take Law 903 in conjunction with 902 in their first term. Students explore the general principles and techniques of financial management and accounting as applied to health care organizations. Considerable focus is placed upon definition, history, and methods by which providers of health care services are reimbursed by third parties., insurance companies, government programs) impact financial operations of health care organizations; Examine common reimbursement methods, such as capitation, bundled payments, and Medicare/Medicaid; Identify financial challenges faced by health care providers due to third-party reimbursement; Investigate the impact of underpayment or delayed payments on health care organizations' financial health.