U.S. Health Law Fundamentals
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Syllabus
- Introduction to the U.S. Legal System, EMTALA
- This introductory module begins with an overview of the U.S. legal system as context for the complex patchwork that is U.S. health law. We then look in detail at how administrative law functions to regulate modern medical care. Then we take a close look at our first specific law - EMTALA, which guarantees screening and stabilization in emergency situations.
- Formation and Termination, Privacy and Confidentiality
- The second module closely examines the doctor-patient relationship: how it is formed, terminated, and in some cases, abandoned. We then examine the rise of conscientious objection as a right of medical providers.
- Quality Control
- This module explores the various mechanisms in place to ensure quality control in the U.S. healthcare system, including licensure and accreditation as a preventative measure, and tort law and liability as a remedial measure.
- Medicare, Medicaid, and The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
- This final module focuses on the role of the federal government in administering Medicare and Medicaid as well as the effects of the recently passed Affordable Care Act.
Taught by
Theodore Ruger
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