Course Outline
Unit One: Organizing The Health Care System
Understanding the United States Health Care System(s)
Structuring Health Care Enterprise
Federal Tax Exemption
Professional Relationships
Antitrust in Health Care
Unit Two: Access and Cost Control
Access and Cost Control
Access for the Uninsured
Access for Middle Class: Private Insurance - State
Access for Middle Class: Private Insurance and ERISA
Access for the Poor (Medicaid)
Access for the Elderly (Medicare) '
Medicare and Medicaid: Fraud and Abuse
Medicare and Medicaid: Stark I & II
Rationing Scarce Resources
Unit Three: Promoting Quality
Promoting Quality
Regulation of Professionals
Regulation of Institutions
Liability - Professionals
Liability - Institutions - Hospitals and Other Institutions
Liability - Institutions - Managed Care
Physician-Patient Relationship - Confidentiality
Physician-Patient Relationship - Informed Consent
Unit 4: Summary
Addressing Disparities in Health Care
Reforming the Health Care System
Extra Credit Assignment: Paper: Reforming the Health Care System including evaluation of on access, cost control, quality and eliminating health disparities.
