An overview of health care laws and how they pertain to organizations. Includes an examination of today's hottest health care legal issues: medical error liability, managed care contracting, patient rights, and equal opportunity in the workplace.

How to negotiate the best contracts for your organization.
Antitrust and conflicts of interest.
EMTALA and other critical patient care issues.
Problem physicians-protecting patients and the organization.
Medical compliance and billing errors.

Objectives

To interpret statutes and judicial opinions that affect health care.
To examine how the law affects business relationships and the health care decision-making process.
To explore the legal trends in legal liability for hospitals and managed care organizations and ways to reduce the risk.
To identify problem practitioners and develop effective strategies for dealing with them.
To review issues related to managed care, including key contract provisions.

Faculty

Susan Lapenta, JD

Horty, Springer & Mattern, PC

Henry Casale, JD

Horty, Springer & Mattern, PC

CME

14 CME Credits (Graduate Degree Section 1 Core)

Delivery

Live Progam see below for dates and locations

Course Agenda

Day One

What is the law?
Trends in Liability for Hospitals and Managed Care Organizations
Peer Review Protections
Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act
Fraud and Abuse, Stark and more
Corporate Compliance

Day Two

Problem Practitioners
Contracts
Patient Care Issues
Managed Care Primer

Disclaimer

The faculty may exchange the order according to their teaching preference.

Purchase

Non Member Price: $800
Member Price: $725- You Save $75

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January 26 - 27, 2008 - Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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Live Program

The Essentials of Health Law

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