Instructor Resources: Test bank; PowerPoint presentations; an updated instructor’s manual with chapter overviews, answers to end-of-chapter discussion questions, and answers to end-of-case discussion questions, and a transition guide to the new edition.

 

Healthcare leaders must navigate a complex and constantly evolving legal environment. The Law of Healthcare Administration provides a comprehensive and practical overview of healthcare law and its role in the management of healthcare organizations.

The tenth edition of this classic text explores substantial shifts in the legal landscape, including the effects of the COVID pandemic, the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization abortion rights decision, and Biden-era legislative and regulatory developments. J. Stuart Showalter and new co-author Sallie Thieme Sanford provide a broad perspective on a wide range of healthcare justice issues, using inclusive language and incorporating examples that involve various types of healthcare providers.

This extensively updated edition includes the latest information on topics such as:

• The myriad possible impacts of post-Dobbs abortion regulation
• Evolving antidiscrimination standards as applied to the provision of healthcare
• New fraud and abuse regulations
• Crisis standards of care and COVID-linked regulatory waivers
• Good Samaritan overdose laws
• Access to healthcare insurance, including updates on Medicaid expansion and Marketplace regulation
• The federal No Surprises Act
• Vaccine mandates for healthcare workers and employee conscience protections
• A history of the effort to end formal racial segregation in hospitals
• HIPAA and breach notification standards
• Telemedicine regulation
• Regulation of value-based payment arrangements, including those that target social determinants of health
• Credentialing issues for complementary and alternative care

Each chapter features learning objectives, discussion questions, practical advice, regulatory or case law excerpts, and “COVID Connection” sidebars that illustrate the pandemic’s ongoing effect on legal standards. Chapter appendices share helpful resources, such as regulatory information, advice documents, and legal summaries.

Drawing on their practice and teaching backgrounds, the authors present an accurate, accessible, and engaging textbook that helps future healthcare leaders understand the law’s evolving and multifaceted role in healthcare administration.