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1Joseph Baar Topinka, JD, FACHE, FHFMA, is an assistant professor of clinical practice in the School of Health Administration at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas.
Frontiers of Health Services Management
|May 22, 2018
Abstract:
Just as in fictional television shows and movies, reality in the healthcare industry sometimes includes complications, disruptions, glitches, and nasty surprises. This article reviews several important legal topics, including emergency planning, privacy, fraud, public health, and ethics, to name only a few. Healthcare administrators are not expected to be attorneys or compliance officers, but they must appreciate (or at least be sensitive to) the legal and regulatory issues facing their organizations.