Healthcare Compliance Law

Catalog description

This course provides an overview of healthcare compliance from conceptual, substantive, and operational perspectives. Students will explore the need for compliance programs within healthcare oranizations. The course will provide an overview of the federal laws that generate the most significant compliance obligations, including False Class Act, Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, HIPAA, HITECH, antitrust laws, EMTALA, and tax laws. Students will also examine legal and practical issues related to the operation of a compliance program.