Bossier Parish Community College
Master Syllabus 

Course Prefix and Number:    HCM 290                             Credit Hours:   3-3-0

Course Title:    Healthcare Law

Course Prerequisites:   None 

Textbook: 	JUDSON, ECOMM Connect for Law & Ethics for Health Professions, 8th ed. (2019) 
This text is electronically included in your CANVAS course.  A paper version may be obtained but is not required.

Course Description:	 This course examines healthcare law, the legal system, and the interplay between law and ethics. The course will examine federal mandates and other aspects of patient confidentiality. Students will probe legal issues pertaining to healthcare topics such as modes and institutions for providing medical care, liability of selected providers and review applicable laws, rules, and regulations. 

Learning Outcomes:	By the completion of this course, students will have:
A.	Demonstrated their analytical and critical thinking skills.
B.	Demonstrated their ability to identify legal causes of action within the healthcare industry.
C.	Generated legal analysis on contemporary healthcare management issues. 
D.	Justified their predictions of legal outcomes. 

To achieve the learning outcomes, the student will
            	 	(The letter designations at the end of each statement refer to the learning outcome(s).)
	
1.	glean the black letter rules from selected cases and/or statutes  relevant to  managers in healthcare organizations (A);
2.	identify the elements of selected rules that impact the rights and duties of healthcare managers and the organizations they represent (A and B);
3.	distinguish a healthcare organizations policies from their practices and compare them to the current law (A,B, and C);
4.	identify situations that create potential legal issues within the healthcare organization  (A,B, and C);   
5.	compose legal analysis that explore alternative arguments and/or outcomes for legal issues faced by healthcare organizations and their managers (A, B, C, and D); and
6.	apply ethics were the law is silent and propose alternative courses of action for any given healthcare situation (A, B, C, and D).

Course Requirements: 
A.	Class attendance (see the student handbook for attendance policies)
B.	Students are required to use our LMS and are encouraged to use the BPCC Library to research healthcare management topics and employment opportunities.

Course Grading: 

A.	Letter grades will be assigned based on a ten point grading scale (90-100 = ‘A’, 80-89=’B’, 70-79=’C’, 60-69=’D’, 0-59=’F’).
B.	Although Instructors may give other assignments, they will administer at least four tests, two writings, and a comprehensive final examination.

Attendance Policy:  The college attendance policy is available at http://www.bpcc.edu/catalog/current/academicpolicies.html

Course Fees: This course is accompanied with an additional fee for supplemental materials. 

Nondiscrimination Statement:  Bossier Parish Community College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, age, religion, qualified disability, marital status, veteran's status, or sexual orientation in admission to its programs, services, or activities, in access to them, in treatment of individuals, or in any aspect of its operations. Bossier Parish Community College does not discriminate in its hiring or employment practices.

COORDINATOR FOR SECTION 504 AND ADA
Angie Cao, Student and Disability Services Specialist
Disability Services, F-254
6220 East Texas Street
Bossier City, LA 71111
Phone: 318-678-6511
Email: acao@bpcc.edu
Hours: 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday, excluding holidays and weekends.

Equity/Compliance Coordinator
Teri Bashara, Director of Human Resources
Human Resources Office, A-105 
6220 East Texas Street 
Bossier City, LA 71111 
Phone: 318-678-6056
Hours: 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday, excluding holidays and weekends.