The Law of Healthcare Administration

The Law of Healthcare Administration, Sixth Edition offers a practical examination of healthcare law from the management perspective. It is a thorough treatment of healthcare law in the United States, written in plain language for ease of use. Extensive coverage: of the 2010 Affordable Care Act considers implications for corporate integrity programs, fraud enforcement, patients' access to care, and physician-hospital relations. Objectives, summaries, and discussion questions highlight important points in each chapter.

This Edition Features:

Discussions of recent legal developments in high-profile areas, including liability of managed care organizations; challenges to tax-exempt status; and developments related to privacy, especially the HITECH Act and identity theft red flags

A new chapter that tracks the history of healthcare and the historical foundations of health law

Updated references to the Joint Commission standards

An expanded glossary with on-the-page definitions