What health administrators should know about the law.
Health care administrators in private and public organizations are currently faced with stringent demands, limits, and program requirements imposed by state and federal law. In the wake of impending health care reform, regulation and governmental oversight will only increase, and affect virtually everything health administrators do. Consequently, health administrators must receive meaningful education regarding the sources and structure of the legal system and the system's resulting impact on health administration. This article examines legal training currently offered to future health administrators, explores the legal knowledge and skills health administrators need to effectively perform their duties, and proposes an approach for teaching health law, which is designed to provide students not only with education regarding the structure and underlying policies of the legal system, but also with an opportunity to apply legal principles under conditions that replicate the environment of a health care organization.
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Medica, Minneapolis, MN 55440.
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