Health Law

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Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Key concepts in health law, such as the structure of health care organizations, quality of health care, and liability of health care providers; access to health care; financing mechanisms of health care, including Medicare and Medicaid; regulation and oversight of managed health care; examination of developments in health care law concerning reproduction, bioethics, and human genetics. Prerequisite: One year of law school in the full-time or part-time program.