MHA 530 Legal and Ethical Issues of Health Administration
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to legal issues that they will likely encounter as professionals in the field of health administration. The course will provide students with the foundation of healthcare law in the United States. Students will explore the legal rights of patients and the rights and responsibilities of providers and health care institutions across a variety of topical areas. The course will examine these issues through an ethical lens and establish the importance for health care administrators to maintain knowledge and proficiency of evolving legal issues within the field.