Mastering Healthcare Regulation: A Comprehensive Case Study Approach

By Jessica Holmes, Robin J. Lunge and Betty Rambur

Trying to make sense of the regulatory landscape in healthcare can be difficult. The many federal and state entities and their rules may work together, yet they sometimes contradict one another. Mastering Healthcare Regulation will help readers understand and ultimately navigate the numerous layers of regulatory oversight within the healthcare system. This book clarifies laws and regulations with straightforward explanations and case studies that place readers in the shoes of regulatory decision-makers.

The first section presents an overview of healthcare regulation, including market dynamics and the interactions between the various regulatory organizations. Each section that follows focuses on a broad subject that regulations seek to address: cost containment; consumer protection; payment and delivery system reform; and patient access, health, and safety. Background is provided on each issue, and real-world scenarios are used to illustrate regulatory approaches and their economic, legal, and clinical ramifications.

The book will teach readers how to decipher the regulatory landscape's complexities and how to influence regulations rather than simply being impacted by them.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AUPHA/HAP Book
• Release date: Apr 30, 2024
• ISBN: 9781640554313

Jessica Holmes

Jessica Holmes is a Canadian comedian and writer best known for her work on the Royal Canadian Air Farce and The Holmes Show. As a stand-up comic, she has opened for Jerry Seinfeld, Ellen DeGeneres, and Russell Peters, as well as icons like Oprah Winfrey and Deepak Chopra. She’s performed with The Second City, Just for Laughs, and appeared on the TV shows Little Big Kid, The Itch, and Wild Card. Her first memoir, I Love Your Laugh: Finding the Light in My Screwball Life, was published by McClelland & Stewart in 2011. After battling post-partum depression and “regular, run-of-the-mill, garden-variety depression” (her words), Holmes began openly sharing her mental health story using humour. She is the daughter of a Mormon father and feminist mother (yes, that should be a sitcom), and she currently lives in Toronto with her husband and two kids.