Legal Concepts for Health Services Organizations

Catalog description

This course explores the legal issues commonly found in the U.S. based health services organizations, and investigates the health care professional as decision-maker and leader. This course will familiarize the health care administrator with a basic understanding of the challenges and opportunities the law provides at the state and federal levels and the legal issues associated with delivery of care in health organizations. Students will gain practical understanding and best practices that they can utilize in their current and/or future roles. The course will guide students through exercises that allow them to understand the contemporary role law plays in the health care industry.