This course will serve as an introduction to the essential elements of health law and the structure of the health care enterprise. Health law is an extraordinarily broad and diverse subject, addressing issues relevant to the health care industry, the largest industry in the U.S. economy. This course surveys the legal regulation of the quality of, access to, financing of health care, as well as some recent health care reform initiatives. Subjects addressed will include, but is not limited to, quality of health care, licensure and accreditation, malpractice (individual & institutional), privacy/confidentiality, public health benefit programs, and fraud and abuse.