Health Care Fraud & Abuse (LAW-719B-001)
Nick Alarif, James Cannatti
Meets: 06:00 PM - 08:50 PM (W) - Yuma - Room YT16
Enrolled: 16 / Limit: 22
Notices
This course satisfies the Health Care Compliance Certificate.
Description
This course will cover the health care fraud and abuse laws and regulations relating to the prosecution and defense of alleged wrongdoing by health care providers and suppliers. The Course will provide a basic overview of the laws governing healthcare providers and suppliers, such as hospitals, physicians and physician practices, clinical laboratories, medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers, and nursing homes. This Course explores the implications of the federal and state Anti-Kickback Laws, the federal physician self-referral law (Stark), the federal civil monetary penalty and exclusion laws, the federal and state false claims acts, as well as traditional federal white collar criminal laws as applied to health care. Emphasis will be placed on the federal laws but state law issues will also be considered. In addition, this Course will consider voluntary and mandatory fraud and abuse compliance as well as the complexities and challenges that arise in developing and maintaining an effective compliance program. Particular attention will be paid to the federal sentencing guidelines on corporate compliance programs and the OIG’s compliance program guidance.
Textbooks and Other Materials
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This course does not use a textbook. All readings will be posted in the syllabus and/or on Canvas.
First Class Readings
Not available at this time.
Syllabus
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