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Department of Healdh Administration
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Williamson Institute
 

Executive Fellowship in Health Law

Curriculum

On-campus topics taught during the first fellowship included products liability, medical malpractice and patient safety, mediation as an option for dispute resolution, liability issues in Medicare & Medicaid, and clinical bioethics.  On-line sessions included topics on healthcare regulatory law, medical staff issues, corporate law, insurance law, medical malpractice and patient safety, bioethics, Medicare fraud & abuse, and informed consent.

ON CAMPUS TOPICS

ON LINE SESSIONS

21st Century Medical Malpractice: Dealing with Ineffective Laws

Introduction to Health Law: Briefing cases, reading statutes, researching issues

Alternative Dispute Resolutions: How mediation & arbitration can work in your healthcare facility

Healthcare Facility Corporate Structure: Creating a Legal Model for Strategic Vision

Products Liability Issues in Healthcare

The Brave New World of Credentialing and Medical Staff

Computer & Internet Legal Research: Much more than just Lexis!

Law & Bioethics: Finding a Common Ground for Administrators

Compliance Trends in Physician/Hospital Business Relationships

Everything you don’t know about Insurance Law and More

Breast Implants on Trial: Understanding the Legal Process using a Famous Case

Fraud & Abuse: Maximization of Reimbursement and Related Concerns: Yes, Hospital CEOs can go to Jail

Medicare Law Primer

Moving Ahead with Patient Safety in a World of Medical Malpractice Concerns

The Brave New World of Hospital Corporate Governance

Informed Consent: It’s a process of Communication and Not just a Form to Sign

 

 

 

 
Virginia Commonwealth University