Problems in Health Care Law: Challenges for the 21st Century

The Tenth Edition of Problems in Health Care Law continues to be the authoritative foundational textbook that covers the key components of our legal system and their application to our healthcare system. Students will come away with a clear understanding of how individual rights are defined and protected in the healthcare setting; how healthcare services are defined, insured, and paid for; how individual providers organize and govern themselves; and many other core legal concepts related to the organization and administration of our healthcare system. The Tenth Edition is an extensive revision that covers HIPAA, healthcare reform, and offers several chapters not included in previous editions. Under the guidance of lead editor John E. Steiner, Jr., Esq, Problems in Health Care Law, Tenth Edition brings together legal practitioners, business advisors, and others whose work represents some of the best thinking and analyses of the issues at hand, including healthcare reform, delivery, payment, client counseling, and contested legal matters. Key Features: - Provides a combination of broad concepts, learning objectives, practical examples, and instructor-led questions within each chapter. - Offers more robust pedagogical features such as new figures and tables, diagrams, checklists, sidebars, and more. - Includes a rich diversity of material from leading authorities whose backgrounds include private law firm experience, national trade association advocacy and policy work, significant 'hands-on' healthcare institutional accomplishments, and a myriad of published work. - Problems in Health Care Law, Tenth Edition is a valuable resource for students and instructors who are learning about, involved in, or guiding the next generation of administrators, policy makers, lawyers, physicians, nurses, and others who form the backbone of our healthcare system.

Author: John E. Steiner Jr
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Published: 03/01/2013
Pages: 600
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.65lbs
Size: 9.90h x 8.00w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781449685522

About the Author
Steiner Jr, John E.: - John E. Steiner, Jr., Esq., CHC is theExecutive Director of Compliance & Ethics atNCH Healthcare System, Inc. Prior to his current position, Mr. Steiner served insimilar roles as theChief Compliance and Privacy Officer and Associate General Counsel for Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) andfor UK HealthCare of the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.Prior to that, he served as the first Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer for the Cleveland Clinic Health System. He also was Senior Counsel for the American Hospital Association, where he served as an attorney and advocate for this national trade association and its 5,000 member hospitals. and amember of the health law department of KattenMuchinRosenman, a national, full-service law firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.He is a Vice-Chairman of the American Bar Association Health Law Committee. Mr. Steiner obtained his BA from the Johns Hopkins University, his Certificate from the Johns Hopkins University Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, and his JD, with honors, from the Illinois Institute of Technology/ Chicago-Kent College of Law in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Steiner is a national speaker on health law and compliance topics. He also is a nationally recognized author and editor of a variety of health law and compliance publications. His titles include: Health Law and Compliance Update (WoltersKluwer Law & Business), published annually since 2003.

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