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The pressures are increasing for health care organizations to comply with a growing number of laws and regulations. Sophisticated compliance programs are now mandatory. Government enforcement efforts are more robust and the penalties for non-compliance are more severe. More and more compliance-savvy people are needed to design and run the programs. Managing Legal Compliance in the Health Care Industry is ideally suited for graduate level courses that prepare students for this increasingly critical field in health care administration. In three sections, this unique title first examines all the key laws and regulations that health care organizations must comply with. It then describes in detail all the features of a compliance program that have been proven effective in thousands of health care organizations. Finally, it explains how the compliance program must be adapted to the special needs of different types of organizations. The text is filled with highly practical information about the ways that legal violations occur and how good compliance programs function. The student will come away with a clear understanding of how such programs work, and the responsibilities that they will have if they pursue a career in compliance.