Legal Aspects in Health Care

Catalog description

This course will consider how the US legal system influences and attempts to regulate the U.S. health care system. At the end of this course, the student will have an overview of the legal system including the legal and regulatory processes relevant to health care administration. The student will also become familiar with major federal, state and local legislation and procedures affecting the practice of health care administration. In addition to the mentioned outcomes, the course will cover the history of the legal system and government, ethics, tort law, criminal aspects of health care, antitrust and civil procedure, nursing and allied health professionals and the law, informed consent, medical records and patients’ rights, end-of-life issues, labor rights, and managed care.