INDEPENDENT STUDY SYMPOSIUM-HEALTH LAW & REGULATION

BACHELORS DEGREE IN HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION

HCA 490

Breyer State University
Instructor: Dale Mueller, Ed.D, RN, NHA

SYLLABUS

COURSE OVERVIEW: Welcome to the Health Law and Regulation Symposium in Health Care Administration, a course that is designed to allow you to explore selected issues, aspects, details and/or impacts of health law and regulatory requirements in the health care setting.

To fulfill the requirements of this course, you will be expected to explore a selected aspect of health law or regulation and its relationship to health care delivery today.

In fulfillment of the assignments that will provide study of law and regulation, this course is designed to incorporate your own experience and observations regarding a selected organization, role, consumer group, professional practice or other aspect of health care.

TIME FRAME: This is a thirty-semester hour course. This course is allotted ten weeks of time. You must complete all of the requirements for the course successfully by the end of the ten week period. The first day of week one will begin the day that you register for the course, or the day that you notify me that your textbooks have arrived and you are ready to begin your studies.

It is up to you to comply with the time frames for assignments and completion of this course. Extensions are granted only for extenuating circumstances, and must be agreed upon by both you and I. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be awarded thirty-semester hours of credit.

TEXTBOOK: There are no specific assigned textbooks for this course. Your are expected to obtain information from sources of an authoritative nature, such as journals on law, ethics, or policy; federal, state, or local agencies and accompanying statutes and regulations; policy or ethical issues and accompanying advocacy or testimony; current news articles; or source documents such as law briefs and regulatory statutes.

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EXAMINATIONS: There are two examinations for this course in the form of written papers, a mid-term exam and a final exam. The mid-term exam covers summaries from your selected readings. The final exam is a fifteen-page paper as specified by me. The details for these papers are listed in the Written Assignments section of this syllabus.

The mid-term examination is a paper that must be a minimum of ten (10) pages in length, double-spaced with 1.5-inch margins. I must download your paper by the end of the fifth week in the course. Please send your paper to my e-mail address.

The final examination is a paper that must be a minimum of fifteen (15) pages in length, doubled-spaced with 1.5-inch margins. I must download your paper by the end of the tenth week in the course. Please send your paper to my e-mail address.

GRADING: The grading scale for this course is as follows:

90-100%    = A
80-89%      = B
70-79%      = C
Below 70% = Fail

The grading criteria for the written assignment is as follows:

CONTENT & LEVEL: Weight 60%.
1). Content is pertinent, and reflects points requested from the readings as well as original thought.
2). Your position or view is stated clearly, with appropriate justifications and logic.
3). Comprehensiveness of discussion is adequate.
4). The paper adequately addresses the assignment in scope and content.

ORGANIZATION: Weight 20%.
1). The paper demonstrates logical flow from idea to idea, point to point.
2). The paper includes relevant supporting ideas from the assigned readings or research as appropriate.

FORMAT/GRAMMAR: Weight 10%.
1). Spelling and sentence structure are without error.
2). Punctuation and word choice are without error.
3). Paper contains a title, subheadings and paragraphs as appropriate.

READABILITY/STYLE: Weight 10%.
1). The paper reflects a synthesis of ideas from the readings and from experience as requested.
2). The tone is appropriate to the content and assignment.
3). Style of the paper is appropriate academic level.

COMMUNICATION: You may reach me via e-mail throughout this course. Upon registration, you will receive my e-mail address.

ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR: Dale Mueller, EdD, RN, has held numerous leadership and management roles in large and small organizations throughout her career as an administrator and consultant. Roles include leadership for change in chaotic environments, and management of teams, work groups, task forces and organizations. She is a gubernatorial appointee in strategic planning and human resources in California, and is a former President of the Chamber of Commerce in her community. She is a recognized business and community leader in the field of health care and public policy.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

1). Identify health law or regulatory issues that affect health care and health care administration.
2). Describe the content of the selected law, regulation, agency function or policy.
3). Describe public, practitioner, employee or consumer expectations of the selected law or issue.
4). Discuss the impact of a selected law, regulation, agency or policy on health care or health care administration.

WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS: There are two (2) written assignments for this course. Each assignment consists of a paper on the discussion questions and activities listed in the assignment section of the classroom. This paper must be double-spaced with 1.5-inch margins. The first paper must be received by the end of the fifth week of the course. The second set of papers must be received by the end of the tenth week of the course.

ASSIGNMENTS: For specific assignments, please click on the link "Assignments."

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