LAW - 811 Health Care Compliance Practicum

(2 hrs)

This course examines fraud and abuse in the delivery of health care and the practical applications of federal and state Anti-Kickback Laws, the federal physician self-referral law (Stark), the federal civil monetary penalty and exclusion laws, and the federal False Claims Act. The intersection of fraud and abuse laws with food and drug law and medical device and pharmaceutical regulation will also be probed. All content will be studied from the perspectives of compliance, transactions, and enforcement. The in-class time for this course will be structured to be primarily experiential in nature with the emphasis on conducting simulations, analyzing mock client hypotheticals and practicing oral and written communication and presentation skills. Instructor permission LAW-719B or LAW-648