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This introductory health law course is designed to introduce students to the legal issues that arise between and among patients and health care providers and surveys current federal and state regulatory schemes governing the provision of healthcare. The course will rotate around the major themes of health care law and policy; quality, access, and cost containment. Topics surveyed will include accreditation and licensure, individual and institutional liability, the legal and ethical properties of the provider-patient relationship, the organization of healthcare entities, hospital/medical staff relationships, the regulation of health insurers, funding mechanisms such as Medicare/Medicaid, federal self-referral and "anti-kickback" prohibitions, and other topics.
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