Full Description
The field of health law is broad, complex, and exciting, but it can also be overwhelming to young health care lawyers or those new to the field. Written by seasoned experts, this comprehensive resource covers organizational and operational issues that impact health care stakeholders, physician legal issues, patient care issues, health care financing and payors, fraud and abuse laws, litigation, telehealth, and more.
Contents
Contents
About the Authors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1. Health Care Organizational and Operational Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Catherine Greaves, Samantha Johnson, and Jacob Simpson
2. Physician Legal Issues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Mehrnaz M. Hadian, Luke P. Ihnen, Conrad Meyer, and
Patrick D. Souter
3. Patient Care Issues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . .. 101
Denise Winiarski
4. Complaints, Claims, and Litigation. . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 141
Richard Lovich
5. Health Care Financing and Payors . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 173
Christian Puff and Jessica L. Gustafson
6. Fraud and Abuse Laws. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Patti T. Cotten, Jessica Jernigan Johnson, Daniel T.
Swanson, and Erin B. Williams
7. Telehealth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Elizabeth N. Pitman
8. Other Health Law Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
285
Samantha Johnson, Emily Klatt, Joe Miller, Evelyn French,
and Jessica Bailey-Wheaton
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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