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The Health Care Manager's Legal Guide

Author(s): Charles R. McConnell, MBA, CM
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763766207
  • Paperback    248 pages      © 2011
Price: International Sales $87.95 US List
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The Health Care Manager's Legal Guide provides healthcare management students and professionals with a one-of-a-kind resource on successfully negotiating the legal pitfalls across healthcare’s complex institutional and commercial landscape.

Healthcare managers today must tread carefully as never before to avoid legal issues. Grounded in the expert guidance of healthcare managers, health administration educators, and attorneys, The Health Care Manager's Legal Guide covers the numerous legal obstacles managers confront on a daily basis, from human resources and employee and patient privacy to disciplinary action and union organizing.

The Health Care Manager's Legal Guide provides practical information on avoiding these and other common legal hazards encountered when managing a healthcare workforce. Using straightforward language, this book serves as an essential resource for aspiring and working healthcare managers.

The Health Care Manager's Legal Guide features

• Practical legal guidance presented in easy-to-understand terms
• A minimum of “legalese”
• A review of the most important laws directly affecting healthcare managers
• Study and discussion questions in every chapter
 

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Chapter  1  Wage and Hour Laws: Every Manager’s Concern
Chapter  2  The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA): It’s not all About Health Insurance
Chapter  3  The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA): Making Managing More Humane but More Difficult.
Chapter  4  The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): How “Reasonable” is Reasonable Accommodation?
Chapter  5  The Civil Rights Act of 1964: Changing the Face of Employment
Chapter  6  Interviewing and Reference Checking
Chapter  7  Sexual Harassment: The Most Prevalent Form of Sex Discrimination
Chapter  8  Discipline and Discharge: “You’re Fired!” Is Not That Easy
Chapter  9  Statutory Benefits: How They Involve the Manager
Chapter  10  Lawsuit: So You Have to Go to Court
Chapter  11  Ethics and the Manager: Everyday Hazards
Chapter  12  Informed Consent and Patient Rights: Patient Self-Determination
Chapter  13  Legal Aspects of Nursing: Protecting Your Patients and Your License
Chapter  14  Labor Laws: Encounters with Unions
Chapter  15  Legal Aspects of Employment Documentation: Beyond Medical Records
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Charles R. McConnell, MBA, CM


Charles McConnell is an independent health care management and human resources consultant and freelance writer specializing in business, management, and human resource topics. For 11 years he was active as a management engineering consultant with the Management and Planning Services (MAPS) division of the Hospital Association of New York State (HANYS) and later spent 18 years as a hospital human resources manager. As author, coauthor, and anthology editor he has published 24 books and has contributed more than 350 articles to various publications. He is in his 26th year as editor of the quarterly professional journal, The Health Care Manager.

 

Mr. McConnell holds an MBA and BS in Engineering from the State University of New York at   Buffalo   ,  Buffalo   ,   New York .

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