HIT 195 - Health Law and Ethics

3 Credits

Students will study the legislative and regulatory process, laws, regulations, and policies and procedures pertaining to confidentiality, privacy, release of information, and professional and practice-related ethical issues.

Program Admission Required Yes Admitted Program HIT
Fees

Quarters Typically Offered

Spring Online

Designed to Serve Students in Professional Coding Certificate program.
Active Date 2015-12-04

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 20
Contact Hours: Lecture 33 Lab 0 Field Studies 0 Clinical 0 Independent Studies 0
Total Contact Hours 33
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Restricted Elective Yes
Course Outline
1. Introduction to the United States Legal System

2. Professional Liability and Medical Malpractice

3. Topics in Healthcare Law

4. Patient Consent and Legal Reporting Requirements

5. Legal Issues in the Medical Record

6. Healthcare Waste, Fraud, and Abuse

7. Introduction to the HIPAA Privacy Rule

8. Introduction to the HIPAA Security Rule

9. Healthcare Ethics Part I

10. Medical Ethics Part II

Student Learning Outcomes