Health Care Business Transactions

Sundays, June 8 & 22 (11:00 am - 4:15 pm ET)

This course is Fully Remote/Virtual

The Schedule is as follows:

●      June 8 (11 am to 4:15 pm ET) Virtual Synchronous Session

●      June 22 (11 am to 4:15 pm ET) Virtual Synchronous Session

●      3 hours of additional asynchronous material

This course is designed to introduce students to the business and legal issues that arise in health care transactions and the complex regulatory environment surrounding such transactions. This course will cover health care mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, and contracting with providers, suppliers, and vendors. Students will gain practical knowledge and an opportunity to participate in health care contract drafting, issue spotting, and negotiation exercises. The goal is to provide substantial instruction in professional and experiential skills generally regarded as necessary for effective and responsible participation in the legal profession, including practical experience in negotiating and drafting health care deal documents. In addition to lectures that cover basic legal concepts, students will engage in experiential group activities similar to that of a transactional lawyer. These exercises will help develop a student’s ability to apply legal analysis to real client scenarios and develop written and oral communication skills. Because this course is intended to develop a student’s practical skill set, exercises will also focus on a student’s ability to evaluate how legal analysis impacts business expectations.

Meet your instructor:

Julia Reiland

As a former mental health practitioner, Julia Reiland provides a unique combination of legal and practical experience in the health care field.

Drawing on this critical ground-level perspective, she advises health care organizations on complex business transactions and strategic partnerships, informed by her significant experience in joint ventures, affiliations, antitrust, governance and contracting matters. Julia also counsels providers on state and federal regulatory compliance, including licensure, reimbursement, enrollment, HIPAA and state privacy and participation issues. With a career concentration on Health Law and Bioethics, she has extensive experience with federal and state anti-kickback laws, the Stark physician self-referral law and HIPAA. She is a frequent speaker on issues related to provider transactions and collaborations, fraud and abuse, privacy and security, and federal and state regulatory developments.

Policies and Processes Refunds:

The following is the refund policy for this Health Law and Policy Program Summer course administered by the Washington College of Law and registered through our Professional and Lifelong Learning Portal (https://american.catalog.instructure.com/).

Participants enrolled in the course will be eligible for a refund if the course is dropped and a refund is requested by Noon ET on Friday, May 23rd. If a refund is requested, the net refunded amount will be the tuition minus 4%. Withdrawal from the course after this deadline will not qualify for a refund; however, electronic course materials will be provided.

Notifications of course withdrawal and refund requests should be directed to Professor Asha Scielzo via email at: scielzo@wcl.american.edu.

Refund requests not meeting the deadline (noon ET on Friday, May 23rd) will not be accepted.

Payments and fees:

For payments with credit cards, debit cards or bank accounts, the tuition cost includes a non-refundable 4% administrative fee. In case an eligible refund is requested, the net funds returned will be the tuition minus 4%.

Notice about AU Non-Credit Courses:

Non-credit courses are not recorded in American University transcripts. No credit is earned from these courses and grades are not posted. Learners enrolled in Non-Credit courses will not receive an AU ID or have access to services and or facilities reserved for AU students. Access to the AU library system will be available to all members of the greater Washington DC area through visitor services. See the link for more information https://www.american.edu/library/services/visitors.cfm

Questions about this course? Please contact:

ASHA B. SCIELZO, JD

Scielzo@wcl.american.edu

health@wcl.american.edu