eBook The Law of Healthcare Administration, 9th Edition BY J. Stuart Showalter
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The The Law of Healthcare Administration, 9th Edition by J. Stuart Showalter focuses on health law from a practical management perspective. It bridges the gap between legal theory and healthcare operations. [1, 2]
The primary topics and core themes covered throughout its chapters include: [1]
1. Legal Foundations & Systems
- Introduction to the US Legal System: Overview of court structures, judicial procedures, sources of law, and how legal principles evolve over time. [1, 2]
- A Brief History of Law and Medicine: The development and historical context of health policies and healthcare-related regulation in the United States. [1, 2]
2. Patient Access & Care Delivery
- Access to Healthcare Insurance and Treatment: Individual rights regarding healthcare entry, coverage rules, and anti-discrimination standards. [1, 2]
- Emergency Care: Legal duties concerning emergency treatment, stabilizing patients, and anti-dumping mandates (such as EMTALA). [1]
- Consent for Treatment: Requirements for informed consent, right to refusal, and special considerations for pediatric or incapacitated patients. [1, 2, 3]
- Issues of Reproduction and Birth: Legal definitions, historical parental/maternal rights, and regulatory frameworks around reproductive health. [1]
3. Corporate Structure & Operations
- Organization and Management of a Corporate Healthcare Institution: Formulating corporate structures, fiduciary duties of healthcare boards, and corporate governance. [1, 2]
- Tax-Exempt Healthcare Organizations: The criteria for maintaining non-profit or tax-exempt status, community benefits standards, and regulations. [1]
- Competition and Antitrust Law: Mergers, acquisitions, and compliance measures meant to prevent monopolies and unfair business practices in medicine. [1]
4. Liability, Torts, & Risk Management
- Contracts and Intentional Torts: Elements of legally binding contracts in medicine alongside intentional civil wrongs like battery or false imprisonment.
- Negligence and Medical Malpractice: Legal definitions of standard of care, breach of duty, causation, damages, and defending against malpractice claims.
- Liability of the Healthcare Institution: Respondeat superior (vicarious liability) and corporate negligence, establishing how organizations are held liable for worker actions. [1, 2, 3]
5. Regulatory Compliance & Information Management
- Fraud and Abuse Laws and Corporate Compliance: Detailed breakdown of complex anti-fraud statutes, including the False Claims Act, Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, and standard compliance program frameworks.
- Health Information Management: Regulations governing patient privacy, confidentiality, and security metrics (such as HIPAA) alongside electronic medical records. [1, 2, 3]
6. Workforce Management & Professional Privileges
- Human Resources Law (Entirely New Chapter in 9th Edition): Explains how broader employment law, civil rights, and labor relations impact healthcare management.
- Medical Staff Privileges and Peer Review: The legal mechanics behind credentialing, professional peer reviews, and evaluating or restricting a provider's clinical privileges. [1, 2, 3]
Major Updates Specific to the 9th Edition:
- ACA Updates: The status of national health reform and operational transitions resulting from subsequent attempts to modify the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
- End-of-Life Decisions: Significant legal changes concerning medical aid-in-dying laws and the expansion of the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Paradigm. [1]
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