Learn to think like a lawyer. Help keep your organization out of the courtroom. This course will give you a basic understanding of laws pertaining to health care organizations. You'll discuss the hot legal issues of today -- privacy, managed care contracting, patient rights, peer review protection -- and how they apply to your organization. Highlights include:

Avoiding antitrust violations
Deciphering Stark Legislation
Integrating HIPAA rules in your organization
Frequently asked questions about managed care organizations
Tips for dealing with disruptive practitioners
Practitioner health issues
Key elements for physician employment contracts

release date: 03/05

Objectives

To interpret statutes and judicial opinions which 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

InterAct Express

The Essentials of Health Law

Course Description

release date: 03/05

Objectives

Faculty

Susan Lapenta, JD

Henry Casale, JD

CME

8 CME Credits (Graduate Degree Section 1 Elective)

Delivery

Video on CD

Purchase

Non Member Price: $400.00

Member Price: $325.00 - You Save $75.00